U.S. commander bars troops from booze, hookers during NATO summit

Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby, the Northcom commander, stated in a May 6 memo that troops in Chicago during the summit that begins May 20 will not “solicit prostitutes or engage in conduct which is unprofessional or unbecoming of a member of the armed forces.”

One military officer called the restrictions “an overreaction to recent Secret Service misconduct in Colombia.”…

Proper uniforms or appropriate civilian attire must be worn while on duty, and off-duty garments that must not be worn in public include ripped or torn clothes, garments “displaying profanity, nudity, illegal drug-related pictures or words,” as well as a ban on clothes with a “racial, sexual or ethnic slogans or words.”