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http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-armys-a...ic-1623709

EXCERPT: Nearly one in ten British troops have contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD), new figures reveal. Almost 12,000 troops of an armed forces strength of 140,000 have been diagnosed with one form of STD or another in the last five years, highlighting widespread infections caused by unprotected sex within the armed forces. [...] Many of the diseases leaving troops unable to be deployed abroad or undertake certain exercises....