Lite Beer Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 US military spends millions on impotence drugsWashington (dpa) - The US Army has spent tens of millions of dollars to help soldiers and veterans of the military in the bedroom by covering the cost of erectile dysfunction medications.The Pentagon’s bill for medicine to treat the problem totalled 84 million dollars last year, a military spokesman confirmed Wednesday.Half of the total was spent on the drug Viagra, according to data compiled by the Defence Health Agency within the Department of Defense.Since 2011 the US military has spent 294 million dollars on medication to treat erectile dysfunction, about equal to the cost of four F-35 fighter jets, according to the Military Times.Erection dysfunction can be triggered by events soldiers experience during deployment, the report said.Studies show that the number of soldiers who suffer from erectile dysfunction in recent years has gone up.About 90 per cent of the patients prescribed the drugs were veterans.A report on the data was published online last week by the Washington Free Beacon, but with far lower figures. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/US-military-spends-millions-on-impotence-drugs-30254431.html -- The Nation 2015-02-19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnehaha Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 well... it's not like recreational cocaine. i bet this is money well spent. i bet the people taking it saw improvement in their lives and furthermore that many (most?) of their partners appreciated it as well. this is good news. glad for the VA. stupid for a news org to make a comparison of any kind besides efficacy, i.e. did it work / did it help improve the lives of the veterans, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Shore Patrol handing out "Vitamin 'V'" to disembarking solders for R'n'R in Pattaya... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 294 million dollars, really? Now that's what you call giving the economy a hard time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchurch259 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I buy my own, even though I served 26 years in the Military, my problems is age on set, 80 and still ticking, but little tricking !! I am not sure they should pay for these drugs and damn sure do not agree with paying for abortions, maybe Rape, Incest or Mother has fatal condition if pregnancy continues !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I knew an 80 year old that tried to have sex. He got arrested for assault with a dead weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Boy, the stand-up guys will have a field day with this one. It does remind me of a cartoon I saw in Hustler magazine years ago. A General had this rock-hard erection and was asking an office girl if she would like to "blow the whistle on a high ranking military official." I can't believe I still remember that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Boy, the stand-up guys will have a field day with this one. 555 true I guess the "America <deleted> Yeah" Slogan will have to be changed to.... "Gonna Try With a Little Help From My (blue) Friend" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctastic Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Many vets suffer from stress disorders and are put on psychiatric drugs. These cause impotence (some docs don't tell you that). On its own, stress can cause a loss in sexual performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I thought that impotence was caused by marriage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidee Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 deployed soldiers need to have sex with the locals or something ? it is all in the head... the big one or the little one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Impotent military yeah right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 What business is it of a government to regulate someones erection? The guy who was in charge should have his dick chopped off. Patronizing Idiots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 wabothai, on 19 Feb 2015 - 19:41, said: What business is it of a government to regulate someones erection? The guy who was in charge should have his dick chopped off. Patronizing Idiots!! Using big words when you don't know the meaning could make you what you called them... last time I used the "id##t" word I was once again suspended, some TV readers are very thin skinned. Any way Patronize : treat with an apparent kindness which betrays a feeling of superiority. What makes you think the government "regulates" someone's erection, I would think the guys take the pill voluntarily and "regulate its use themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil B Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I thought that impotence was caused by marriage You just may be right, looking at some of them American Women. Anyway the American Military must keep their end up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Interesting. The source of that source was a wire story from DPA. That stands Deutsche Presse Agentur. Would those figures be so easily broken out of a military budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Interesting. The source of that source was a wire story from DPA. That stands Deutsche Presse Agentur. Would those figures be so easily broken out of a military budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Boy, the stand-up guys will have a field day with this one. 555 true I guess the "America <deleted> Yeah" Slogan will have to be changed to.... "Gonna Try With a Little Help From My (blue) Friend" Hiking over a glacier in the Alps a few years ago, my friend and I joked that our " little blue pill" was the Advil we were taking for the muscle aches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Part of the blame could be that the military has been emasculated by the present US administration... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 US military spends millions on impotence drugs oh they mean ANTI - impotence drugs..... I thought it would be a strange way to control the effects of PTSD.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlos11 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 No wonder the thai women would still come running back to the thai men .. As if the farangs in General has a problem getting it up 5555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Snafu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooka Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 WE always referred to American soldiers as a bunch of soft cock and limp dicks. That was just friendly banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Has the US military has adopted the old slogan from the 1960s finally! " MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyO Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I buy my own, even though I served 26 years in the Military, my problems is age on set, 80 and still ticking, but little tricking !! I am not sure they should pay for these drugs and damn sure do not agree with paying for abortions, maybe Rape, Incest or Mother has fatal condition if pregnancy continues !! Your opinion seems to truly show your age more than anything else. It's a good thing this type of opinion is fading away as the older populous dies off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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