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No touching for Cdn. newlyweds on Kandahar base
CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Sun. Apr. 30 2006 11:20 PM ET
Most newlyweds are notorious for public displays of affection, but this Canadian couple is not even allowed to hold hands.
Trina and Billy XXX are stationed at the Canadian military base in Kandahar, which has a strict policy against fraternizing with the opposite sex, even when it is your spouse.
"We knew the rules coming into it," said Trina, who arranges travel for the troops.
The XXXX, who got married in January and deployed to Afghanistan within weeks, have had to live separately and are not allowed to even touch each other.
"It's just a policy we've always had in place, be it for morale or other reasons," said Billy, who lives a 20-minute walk away from his wife.
There is no fraternizing, flirting or sex on base, according to Canadian military policy.
"If I do get caught fraternizing, it's immediate dismissal and I get sent home," Trina told CTV.
Billy, the Brigadier-General's tactical commander, would more likely receive a fine.
The two arrange to meet once a day through friends, but they never touch.
"Sometimes I guess you can say a lot without really saying anything," Trina said. "And we're getting good at that."
Unlike the Canadian policy, the U.S. military allows married couples to live together.
"I'm rooming with an America, so he's giving me the gears because their policy, you know, if they're married they'll make accommodations for couples," Billy said.
But Billy isn't fighting for the same rights.
"Our policy is our policy."
Although the XXXX find the artificial separation difficult, they also feel luck to both be stationed on the same base together.
"Other couples, you know are here without their spouses." Trina said.
With a report from CTV's Sarah Galashan
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Bet you $5 that if DND permitted this in Kandahar, ala US Army, the CF would be shopping for another base when the 1st Canadian (male) same sex couple bunk together.
No touching for Cdn. newlyweds on Kandahar base
CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Sun. Apr. 30 2006 11:20 PM ET
Most newlyweds are notorious for public displays of affection, but this Canadian couple is not even allowed to hold hands.
Trina and Billy XXX are stationed at the Canadian military base in Kandahar, which has a strict policy against fraternizing with the opposite sex, even when it is your spouse.
"We knew the rules coming into it," said Trina, who arranges travel for the troops.
The XXXX, who got married in January and deployed to Afghanistan within weeks, have had to live separately and are not allowed to even touch each other.
"It's just a policy we've always had in place, be it for morale or other reasons," said Billy, who lives a 20-minute walk away from his wife.
There is no fraternizing, flirting or sex on base, according to Canadian military policy.
"If I do get caught fraternizing, it's immediate dismissal and I get sent home," Trina told CTV.
Billy, the Brigadier-General's tactical commander, would more likely receive a fine.
The two arrange to meet once a day through friends, but they never touch.
"Sometimes I guess you can say a lot without really saying anything," Trina said. "And we're getting good at that."
Unlike the Canadian policy, the U.S. military allows married couples to live together.
"I'm rooming with an America, so he's giving me the gears because their policy, you know, if they're married they'll make accommodations for couples," Billy said.
But Billy isn't fighting for the same rights.
"Our policy is our policy."
Although the XXXX find the artificial separation difficult, they also feel luck to both be stationed on the same base together.
"Other couples, you know are here without their spouses." Trina said.
With a report from CTV's Sarah Galashan
© Copyright 2002-2006 Bell Globemedia Inc.
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Bet you $5 that if DND permitted this in Kandahar, ala US Army, the CF would be shopping for another base when the 1st Canadian (male) same sex couple bunk together.
