I can confirm Australia had similar regulations in the 2000s. IDK how often they were followed on deployments.
nostr:npub188xk4n2quqcpkfgwhlexc7ccrms2qwdhd86eu8hfzk8mtgjzwucscqxhun so in the 90s I was attached to an infantry platoon & I had to pat down females ( or males as was allowed ) at checkpoints
Weird how sexism works even then.
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Appreciation. #NATO can be so weird sometimes. You know?
So, so weird.
I'm seriously convinced that regulations are designed so that no matter what lower ranks do they can be blamed if the chain of command receives negative publicity. A parody of corporate-world HR departments.
You were your platoon's trump card, though :)