U.S. ARMY ENDS ST. PATRICK'S DAY SAVANNAH SOLDIER SMOOCHING

The Army is ending a favorite St. Patrick’s Day tradition in Savannah, Georgia. For decades, as the soldiers from nearby Fort Stewart marched in the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, women wearing bright lipstick darted from the crowd to plant kisses on the faces of passing troops. A Fort Stewart spokesman says the Army wants the soldier smooching stopped. The spokesman said the marching soldiers “need to look professional” and “red lipstick is not part of the uniform.”
* Besides, it clashes with the pink neckerchiefs.
* The military seems to have a problem with women kissing the Army’s privates in public.
* The soldiers were warned that getting too excited could lead to a “dishonorable discharge”.
* Can they at least do celebrity air-kisses?
* Marching and smooching: schmarching.