ABSTRACT
Modern concerns about the sexuality of US military members have generally shifted to the incidence, prevention, and perpetrator punishment of Military Sexual Violence (MSV), which affects both men and women. In many ways, the US military has continued to fight very old battles concerning the sexuality of its service members; in other ways, the battles are either new or have taken a dramatic and sinister turn in terms of screening for and regulating "undesirable" sexual behavior. The military's struggles fall into three major categories: homosexuality, "venereal" disease, and women's sexuality; future study will no doubt include Military Sexual Violence, and all of these subjects have at least some overlap. The future of the study of military sexuality will find its base securely in the past. The timeline of both women's interactions with and participation in the military shows the consistency of attitudes toward both prostitutes and female servicemembers, and the serious and sinister implications of recent opinions.
