Army Unit Installs No-Cussing Policy After Probe of ‘Extreme’ Profanity Usage

Army unit installs no-cussing policy after probe of ‘extreme’ profanity usage

An Army unit at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., has barred its soldiers from cussing and threatened those that repeatedly break the new rule with involuntary separation from the service.

Army battalion bans use of profanity

The 43rd Adjutant Battalion issued a memo last month instructing military personnel to refrain from uttering expletives, the Army confirmed.An April 17 memo — with a subject line that read “profanity free campus” — made it clear that the use of profanity, vulgar language or rude gestures or remarks is prohibited for soldiers operating during duty hours at the unit, which is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.“Such language does not align w…