With the historic repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell coming into full effect this week, military themes in gay porn will now be viewed through the window of time. Now that soldier homosex is no longer tantalizingly taboo, the sexual tension of past military porn might now seem innocent and coy. Let's take a look at some of the hottest films based on the fine, fine men who serve our country and libido.
Hot Rods: Young & Hung 2:
Even though the majority of this classic William Higgins film has nothing to do with the military, the legendary opening scene with Jeff Quinn, Rocky Armano and Mike Henson is the sweet stuff that burns in your horndog brain for life. Set at a late night army camp, Quinn and Henson do an expert job seducing the pompous Armano, devouring his cock and ass like Chaz Bono at a buffet. If you are one of the pitiful few who have not jacked off to this glory, enlist yourself to this film immediately! A more apt choice might be Higgins' other military classic, "Big Guns," about military men on leave. But the threeway of Hot Rods wins.
The Few, The Proud, The Naked Series:
A gay porn staple since the '90s, Dirk Yates' infamous series of purportedly real military men jacking off reportedly caused the early '90s scandal of American marines being busted for doing gay porn. In an era that was still heavy on narrative video, these films were the original "amateur on the couch" porn, launching the careers of famous pornstars Barret Long, Axel Garrett and Rod Barry. Seeing real marines naked and cumming also launched numerous copycats and spin-offs. Consider Yates the Norman Lear of porn, and "The Few, the Proud, the Naked" the "All In the Family."
Fleet Week:
The big question is, now that navy boys can be out and proud, what will next year's Fleet Week be like? We've scoured every gay bar during the sailors' annual randy New York week, and have seldom come up with a horny man in uniform into boysex. Falcon's "Fleet Week" may be a sexy premonition of what's to come, with boys in white going into the gay clubs, freely dancing with the boys, and getting their Navy asses pounded good and deep. Chances are they won't look like Erik Rhodes, Tristan Jaxx and TJ Hawke, but something's gotta be left for fantasy.
Honorable Discharge:
Easily the best military porn ever made, director Jerry Douglas' "Honorable Discharge" is one of the rare films whose plot is as compelling as the sex. Made in 1993 on the heels of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the film tells the tale of gay soldier Chuck Barron, forced to stay closeted in the military for fear of being discharged. When he meets a soldier who was kicked out for going to gay bars (Brad Ericksen—who also has a steamy sexy scene with a bunkmate on base), Chuck learns that being gay and being a soldier aren't exclusive. Politically and erotically charged, the 4-time GAYVN award winner is a must-see. The threeway with Barron, Errickson and blond hottie Chris McKenzie is a fantasy of military sex. Oh, and one mustn't forget Jason Andrews playing a civilian with a major military fetish. Thank god we have DVDs, because our VHS copy is as worn out as the policy that inspired the film.
Command Post:
With a smokin' cast including Damien Crosse, Dean Flynn and Steve Cruz, this bit of straight-to-the-sex hotness may in fact be prophetically post-DADT. The kink here is merely that the boys are in a military setting, but they certainly don't have any qualm sexing each other up. Fucking your fellow soldier comes off as everyday as the sun rising and the Tea Party saying something asinine. Nonetheless, the sex is full of hardcore testosterone, particularly the powerhouse final scene with Damien and Victor Banda, where Damian pisses with a full on erection, afterwards inviting Victor to "touch it."