r/army 1d ago

Possible Fraternization Outcomes

I have a soldier who is a fairly new SGT but was a SPC when she was involved with her company XO. The Soldier as well as the LT are married. The soldiers spouse caught wind of the relationship and gathered screenshots and messages of the 2 talking sexual as well as meeting up in the Officer barracks. The messages indicate that sex was had but it’s not definitive enough to be hit with Adultery. I know it’s all CDRs discretion but what are some of the outcomes you’ve seen with cases like this?

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u/mountain_voyag3 1d ago

This post was surely written by the 1LT XO in question.

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u/greenjacket2 22h ago

SEX WAS HAD???

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u/jbourne71 cyber bullets go pew pew (ret.) 21h ago

West Point LT confirmed.

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u/jms21y so many castles to storm and so little time 21h ago

the LT in question definitely wrote this

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u/boomer2009 89EODBod>DadBod 6h ago

Yes. They engaged in an act of sexual congress.

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u/Psychological-Fly952 11AAAAAAAAS3 21h ago

The age old “happened to drop raw chicken on my dick” maneuver. Priceless.

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u/bob-hance- 23h ago

I disagree, I think it’s the SPC.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 22h ago

If I was the SPC or the LT, I’d say it. All this is anonymous so it wouldn’t matter whatsoever

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u/SwitchNo579 16h ago

You think it’s anonymous 

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

If I was the LT, I’d just ask straight up what would happen to me. This shit is anonymous so it doesn’t matter at all lol

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u/iLMNOi 21h ago

Calm down LT. You’re cooked on this one

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u/SOSyourself Aviation 1d ago

Matters enough for you to post on two different subreddits about the situation?

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 23h ago

Because I want different opinions?
2 people in the same unit can have different experiences…..

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u/Jessyskullkid 68W 5h ago

100%. Their comment history is scarce but there’s enough context clues lol

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u/Easy-Hovercraft-6576 Drill Sargento (68W) 1d ago

>Officer Barracks

Korea strikes again?

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

Yup

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u/SomeDudesPackage 21h ago

Seize the high ground

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u/GreasyPowerJunkie 12PerpetuallyPissedOff 16h ago

I’m sure at some point they both did.

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u/Sad-Ability-6977 1d ago

It'll be some "lost faith in ability to....." outcome.

Screenshot from the husband means jack shit. If theyre halfway smart they'll deny and she'll say her husband had been making shit with AI to try to get her in trouble because theyre struggling to have a baby or some shit.

Who am I kidding. They'll admit to it and get in trouble.

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u/IslandVisual 88KantSwim (Ret.) 1d ago

Nah brah she going to accuse her husband of DV

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u/Sad-Ability-6977 1d ago

Xo was just protecting her

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

I can definitely see them spinning it in that manner. But protecting the soldier doesn’t mean talk sexual and sleep with them

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u/racoon773 Logistics Branch 21h ago

Holy shit an 88 series unicorn

Ok sorry that’s like seeing a shiny Pokémon

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u/_Sun__Tzu_ 88No one knows what I do 14h ago

What kind of Pokémon would they be ?

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u/elaxation Psychological Operations 19h ago

The ole deny til you die or get questioned by the FBI.

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u/SquireSquilliam 16h ago

"If theyre halfway smart they'll deny and she'll say her husband had been making shit with AI to try to get her in trouble because theyre struggling to have a baby or some shit."

I see you have a fool proof plan, No way that could go wrong, especially not with the invisible watermarks being put on AI images to identify them. You're giving the kind of solid advice that we can expect out of the barracks.

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u/DragoonDart 1d ago

I know it sucks- but usually just Article 15s / GOMORs (if you’re lucky) and that’s all. From my experience:

  1. Investigation gets under way- about 20% of the evidence you had starts falling off for various reasons: people’s stories and what they heard change rapidly under sworn statements, spouses cool down and/or realize there’s a financial punishment to them too, and people start blocking and tackling for one side or the other that they believe are “right” (she’s a good Soldier, he’s a young officer who made a mistake etc.).

  2. In the cases I’ve seen (only about 4 tbh) every single time both of the accused broke ranks and started accusing the other of being more of the perpetrator. It’s honestly the smartest play, because it leads to people taking sides.

  3. Typically Officer misconduct is required to be presented to a higher level by policy (often 1 Star). So, depending how much of a weenie the CO is that could mean either A) no punishment at all or B) an overly thorough investigation where every piece of evidence gets sharp shot until you’ve lost sight of actually punishing someone.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

I can see it going both ways. Possibly no punishment but it’s a bad look on the unit if the company CDR does nothing about it. Because it’s a LT involved I would assume it goes to BN. If it reaches the BN CDRs desk I can imagine harsh punishment coming down

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u/AdWonderful5920 Infuntry 22h ago

Anything to do with a LT is gonna hit the CG's desk.

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u/Freedumb1776 Armor 23h ago

It’s officer misconduct, which is usually withheld to the Commanding General. There’s a whole process for notification and investigation.

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u/Velox_Slice 35N 1d ago edited 23h ago

Korea
She just promoted to SGT today
It was the company XO

What the hell, are we in the same company or is this just a super funny coincidence? I have heard jokes about this at work the past two weeks and the details are the same.

Edit: Post history and this convo both give me the feeling OP is actually the spouse.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

What BDE are you in?

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u/Velox_Slice 35N 1d ago

DIVARTY

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 23h ago

Nah I’m in 2ID but it’s crazy that this happens so much across Korea.

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u/Velox_Slice 35N 23h ago

Divarty is part of 2ID, just a heads up. But yeah pretty crazy either way

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 15h ago

Wasn’t aware of that but nonetheless what a coincidence

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 12h ago

I’m just now seeing the edit. Given that you’ve seen my previous post you know if I was the spouse I’d just say it.

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u/BudgetPipe267 Terminal Warrant 😁 23h ago

Both of them are toast. CG gives the LT a GOMOR and refers them to an elimination board. The NCO will get an article 15 and probably reduced.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 23h ago

I’d be kind of shocked if that were to take place

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u/BudgetPipe267 Terminal Warrant 😁 23h ago

Why? Commanders have no problem slamming Officers that bring discredit to their command. Seen it plenty of times in my two decades.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 22h ago

I’ve seen things swept under the rug so many times it wouldn’t surprise me

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u/gunslingersea 21h ago

It can go either way. You’re both right. People get screwed for nothing and others get away with the unimaginable. And how deserving of u deserving someone is has barely anything to do with it. It’s just part of the churn.

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u/JizzM4rkie Whirley-Bird Mechanic 19h ago

This is the best answer in the thread, flip a coin LT

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u/Son_of_Leeds 1d ago

I really have nothing to add, but I’m looking forward to the shitposts that spawn from this over the next day or so.

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u/Chuyin84 Green Weenie Survivor 22h ago

Of all the bad shit you can do in the Army, in my experiences, fraternization burned people the most.

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u/Montana_78 23h ago

What are officer barracks?

If you're asking, you don't get to decide if it's "not definitive enough" to be adultery, because it doesn't take much. Article 134 covers almost ANYTHING for enlisted and Artlce 133 is similar for officers. So yea, they can get into career ending trouble.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 23h ago

Most definitely. I’m Just saying from what most seniors have told me, Adultery is really hard to prove

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u/Montana_78 23h ago

Yea, but they can prove something

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u/Takerial 20h ago

It can be hard to prove because there's three separate things they need to establish, but from what you're saying, they have quite a bit there.

1st: Need to show sexual conduct happened. The text messages sound like they're enough to investigate this and likely will be enough to meet this.

2nd: Need to show they were aware the other was married. Both were married to someone else so this would be hard to dispute.

3rd: Needs to show the conduct hurts good order and discipline. Since it's an XO and NCO doing this, you almost certainly have this.

Like the only thing that likely would make this more concrete is if there's actual video proof. But there's enough that investigating is almost certainly and almost certainly they both are fucked.

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u/SquireSquilliam 1d ago

Hopefully the Officer gets fucked properly, and the SGT gets busted back down. The Officers that prey on enlisted are the absolute scummiest of the lot.

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u/ImSoSweepy 1d ago

Except they were both cheating on their respective spouses in this case, as in it was mutual consent. Not a power dynamic thing.

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u/GooseOnAPhone 21h ago

Dosent matter, the power dynamic exists. And even if wasn’t a power dynamic thing, the officer should be discharged at the very least for behavior like this. That is not the conduct of an officer full stop.

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u/Snoo93079 Cavalry 19D 22h ago

I don't understand how the fact that they're both married or even that it was concensual tells you the mismatch in rank doesn't matter.

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u/themightyjoedanger Army Data Scientist (Recondo) 22h ago

Mutual consent to do a crime is conspiracy, not exculpatory.

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u/SquireSquilliam 16h ago

There is no mutual consent in this scenario, especially when they're both married. There is certainly a power dynamic at play, it doesn't have to be quid pro quo. Power dynamics are an aside anyway. Officers are held to a higher standard, this is a catastrophic moral failing, or at least it would be under other Administrations and proper leadership.

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u/cornycorp 1d ago

Sex was had, but not definitive enough to be hit with adultery? Yeah… Is that what they’re hoping? lol I’d let them know to start preparing to be civilians.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

It’s implied in the messages but adultery is really hard to prove. Hence why I said it’s there but ultimately it can be denied because you can’t prove sex actually took place.

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u/Responsible-File4593 1d ago

Look, if the burden of proof is "did you personally see the penis enter the vagina?", then adultery would be unprovable. More likely, the UCMJ authority will look at the evidence and either say "yep, meets the evidentiary burden" or say not guilty on adultery but max punishment on fraternization.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

This is what I’m assuming will be the outcome.

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u/Ok-ThanksWorld 1d ago

The maximum punishment for adultery—officially called extramarital sexual conduct under Article 134 of the UCMJ Law—includes a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for up to one year.

Convictions under a general court-martial carry severe maximum penalties, including a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, up to 12 months of confinement, and reduction in rank.

To secure a conviction under Article 134, the prosecution must establish that the accused engaged in sexual contact with someone other than their spouse, that one of the parties was married to another person, and that the conduct prejudiced good order and discipline or discredited the armed forces

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u/Soft_Introduction317 19h ago

Me reading this as a JAG 🤨

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 15h ago

What are some of the outcomes you’ve seen from these situations?

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u/Soft_Introduction317 9h ago

Article 15’s and GOMOR’s most commonly. Conduct unbecoming or conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline are the catch all’s with a low bar for proof. For adultery you need to prove knowledge of the marriage. For fraternization it’s more broad re: inappropriateness of relationship.

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u/Ok-ThanksWorld 1d ago

Fraternization is the least of your worrry.

  • You gonna get the book dunk in your face OP.

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u/elaxation Psychological Operations 19h ago

Blame AI. Stop fucking the SPC(P), LT.

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u/mmmtoasteee 35 23h ago

If investigation finds that the accusations are likely beyond a reasonable doubt the Soldier will likely receive a FG Art 15 and continue their service.

Officer punishments are typically held at the GO level and it’s extremely difficult to “kick” an officer out as O separations are a completely different regulation and follow completely different laws.

That said, the officer will likely receive a GOMOR and either lose their promotable status (if promotable) or not be selected for O-3. They’ll likely be allowed to submit an UQR or face an elimination for failure to promote if they don’t submit an UQR.

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u/Impossible_Rub_6946 1d ago

They both should get kicked out with a dishonorable if it was up to me. Especially since they’re both married

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u/Bubbly-Today-2074 1d ago edited 1d ago

Dishonorable for sleeping around? Way too steep.

Should GOMOR the LT and kick them out.

Article 15 the SGT and move on with life. You can argue that they were a victim.

Edit 1 I thought about it some more and if the SGT admits that the XO was sleeping with them I would just reassign the SGT elsewhere. Huge power imbalance between an XO and SPC.

The Army doesn't need Officers in leadership positions that sleep with junior soldiers

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

The company XO has PCS’d since the IG complaint was made.

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u/Bubbly-Today-2074 1d ago edited 1d ago

You gotta give all the info. Who made the complaint? Whos still there? Is the solfier playing the victim? Are they denying it.

If the soldier is denying everything and it looks like a potentially consensual situation then i woildnt be surprised if its just swept under the rug maybe a counseling

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

The spouse made the IG report. The soldier is still at the unit. My soldier is maintaining their innocence but the messages tell a different story

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u/MixerFriendly 1d ago

Dang, NCO should have owned it. Fuck ‘em both.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

The NCO won’t say anything. They’ve spoke with attorneys and had been advised to not admit to anything.

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u/themightyjoedanger Army Data Scientist (Recondo) 22h ago

Smart Sergeant. Maybe not good, but smart.

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u/Bubbly-Today-2074 1d ago edited 1d ago

All you can do is let the process play out. No point in speculating. Provide any info to your leadership and let them figure it out.

And honestly good on the spouse for reporting it. If I was the spouse in question I would divorce the Soldier and do everything in my power to burn that XO. Id message his wife, blast them on social media, message his leadership, etc.

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u/themightyjoedanger Army Data Scientist (Recondo) 22h ago

Yank his ass back. We can't be the branch that plays about this shit.

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u/TheBeestWithEase 1d ago

It’s rarely prosecuted because it’s so hard to prove, but adultery is a crime under the UCMJ. Pursuing a dishonorable for fraternization + adultery (if provable in court) isn’t totally ridiculous IMO

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u/Dubstep_squid 13A(sshole) 22h ago

A dishonorable is equivalent to a felony. It carries severe, life-altering penalties. I think that adultery is awful and fraternization is a serious breach of trust but come on

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u/jeepcrawler93 Signal 1d ago

We had a pair on our mob that were fucking around and we're married back home. The SL got busted down to a 5 and retired and the TL got busted down to a fuzzy and got an OTH (ARNG). The TL was blackmailing and completely lost their mind.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

By the look of the messages at minimum it’s fraternization. Adultery is the hard thing to prove. The messages have pretty much everything except saying directly that they had sex.

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u/BudgetPipe267 Terminal Warrant 😁 23h ago

They don’t even need to prove adultery here. The inappropriate relationship will stick and the GOMOR will be given.

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u/themightyjoedanger Army Data Scientist (Recondo) 22h ago

Appropriate use of GOMOR.

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u/Bubbly-Today-2074 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sounds like a waste of resource and too much he said she said. Like you said, hard to prove. If there is enough evidence with the text messages just give them a GOMOR and move on with life. I feel bad for the spouses who got cheated on but shit happens every day in the real world. I think the real crime here is officers sleeping with their subordinate. We arent talking some seasoned SSG. It was a junior soldier at the time.

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u/TheBeestWithEase 1d ago

The only times I’ve seen adultery successfully prosecuted was when the soldiers were dumb enough to film it, and then the investigators were able to get ahold of the video

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u/10th_Patriot_Down 21h ago

Once had an adultery case, which involved a train of dudes on a girl after a mission was done. The Staff Duty NCO and O heard a lot of noise coming from that room, so they used the key. Caught this happening with their own eyes. Was a funny and interesting case. The girl actually caught the most charges out of it.

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u/Castellan_Tycho 19h ago

As a former IG, this was about half of our investigations.

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u/Christopher_Aeneadas Recruiter 1d ago

We don't want the military to be the vanguard of a (re)new(ed) puritan morality, enforced by the government. Largely because the military leads the way on social change.

Getting rid of higher ranks who dip into lower ranks makes sense. But dusting off a statute criminalizing normal sexual foibles.

We keep it on the books as a sort of moral Article 134; A catchall for situations that rend the fabric of military (not family) culture like an RDC jodying it up while his unit is in the sandbox.

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u/C0rd_uRoy Transportation 1d ago

Believe it or not, this poses serious national security risks if an officer is sleeping around while married. You can’t even have a ton of debt without losing clearance but sleeping around while married which is way better blackmail material is a okay? It’s much deeper than morality it’s also integrity. If you can’t be trusted in your marriage you expect us to trust you in a position of power?

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u/TheBeestWithEase 1d ago

> the military leads the way on social change

I stopped taking your comment seriously after reading this line, are you trolling? Typically we are one of the last bastions of social conservatism, e.g. ‘don’t ask don’t tell’

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u/Ok-ThanksWorld 1d ago

Look up what the book says for adultery.

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u/Speffers98 Logistics Branch 1d ago

Dishonorable discharge? Adultery isnt really court martialed and the NCO woud be considered the junior and would be unlikely to face severe punishment, definitely not a court martial. As for Officers its called dismissal and that comes from a General Court Martial. The Army doesnt see taking a court martial panel, govt appointed lawyers, a judge, and witnesses out of work for two weeks and giving any witnesses who PCSed tdy pay, to try people for having sex. Every base would be saddled with an unmanageable amount of petty court martials. Then after conviction, the panel may recommend jail, which is more expensive. Additionally there is a backlog on a lot of dockets to try rapists, child sex offenders, arsonists, and murderers, so those would get slowed down as well.

So basically, not only is this idea a huge waste of money and time, it slows down really important cases. Just kick them out the cheap and easy way with a gomor and move out. People having consensual sex when they are married is scummy, illegal, and really irritating to everyone who has to deal with it but it isnt general court martial level, nor is it prison-worthy, unless it was coerced.

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u/BudgetPipe267 Terminal Warrant 😁 23h ago

You don’t read the court martial files much, do you? That’s a pretty big assumption. A few adultery cases were tried this year and they all resulted in convictions. Army doesn’t give a shit about the cost. Hell….I got flown across the world to attended a court martial as a witness and wasn’t even used. The cost of my TDY was crazy and l wasn’t the only one that was there.

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u/themightyjoedanger Army Data Scientist (Recondo) 22h ago

There's selection bias there. They're not going to court martial unless 7 layers of risk-averse law nerds have agreed it's a windmill slam dunk.

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u/Speffers98 Logistics Branch 23h ago

Ive been in court martial panels over the last 20+ years and every adultery case i have seen had aggravating circumstances or multiple other charges. I have literally never seen an article 134, adultery court martial for that alone. Im not saying it hasnt happened but even when i pushed it as a commander back in 2012-2014, i was repeatedly told the government doesnt have an interest in pursuing adultery at a GCM without other charges. I have sat on court martial panels, though not in over a decade. I have also testified at gcms and just spectated. Its definitely not common to have just an adultery case and most government counsels and senior commanders will push back on it and/or just kill it.

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u/Hi_Kitsune First Sausage 1d ago

Dishonorable is saved for shit like rape and murder. Other than honorable is more fitting.

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u/Parking_Tap_1212 23h ago

Horrible take 

If you can’t cheat on your spouse in the military then what’s the point of enlisting 

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u/KeyRadio8757 1d ago

Yeah, make them pay back the benefits to since they wanna act a fool

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u/Castellan_Tycho 19h ago

I have never seen a dishonorable discharge for fraternization/adultery. That is reserved for things that cause you to go to Leavenworth DB.

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u/MoeSzys JAG 27D 1d ago

The LT is cooked. She'll probably be fine

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u/oboeslayer 1d ago

Text messages are not enough to prove anything. Both will go to TDS and if smart, keep their mouths shut. Adultery is extremely hard to prove outside of a video showing the two of them doing the act.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

Adultery is very unlikely but fraternization seems like it’ll stick

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u/oboeslayer 1d ago

Possibly. I’ve seen a similar situation between a male SGT and a female officer where text messages were brought forward. Neither made a statement but it was claimed the third party that brought the messages created them with AI. Whole thing was dropped.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

That’s crazy. With the way AI is nowadays I don’t doubt it

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u/QuesoHusker ORSA FA/49 #MathIsHard 15h ago

Only to the LT. enlisted cannot be charged with Featernization.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 15h ago

I’m not sure how true that is.

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u/QuesoHusker ORSA FA/49 #MathIsHard 9h ago

Element 1 of Art 134 Fraternization is literally that the accused is a commissioned or warrant officer.

The degree to which fraternization is misunderstood in the Army is bad.

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u/hereFOURallTHEtea Aviation 1d ago

Demotion with company grade for junior enlisted and field grade with letter of reprimand for senior enlisted which resulted in rcp. Same outcome every time it happened back in the early 2010’s where I was located (both ait and regular duty stations).

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

That’s another situation which I can see happening.

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u/kytulu 15You Wish You Had My DD-214... 23h ago

Lt will get a GOMOR, SGT will get an Article 15.

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u/Getthechemlightfluid 21h ago

“Can’t spell lost rank without the LT”
You done fucked up, sir. (With all due respect)

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u/Fat_Clyde 1d ago

Are they deployed? WTF do you mean officer barracks?

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

Unaccompanied officers in Korea live in the barracks.

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u/Fat_Clyde 23h ago

Ahhhh… I’m so fortunate I never had to go to Korea. The few O’s I knew that went lived in apartments.

That said, in your scenario, it’s wild he’d invite her to that location due to the, I assume, difficultly getting her in and out unseen.

So likely case is early exit from the Army for both.

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u/Castellan_Tycho 19h ago

When I was in Korea you could see people leaving the BOQs on a regular basis. It’s pretty scummy.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 23h ago

Which also make the situation so interesting. I’m in genuinely interested in how this all goes down.

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u/MoistShellder Field Artillery 1d ago

Unfortunately, classic

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

I’ve always known this kinda stuff happens but my Soldier is involved so unfortunately I’m involved as well.

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u/bob-hance- 23h ago

Lmao you fucked up not only with the fraternization but also with the adultery. You guys get what you deserve.

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u/medicmatt 68W 19h ago

Ah the poorly aged “Queen for a Year” . Tale as old as time. Don’t shit where you eat.

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u/murazar 35Motherfucker -> 11Asseater 1d ago

How the fuck would we know? I've seen shit brushed under the rug and I've seen the two horny idiots get blasted all over social media with posters put up around battalion and the commissary.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

People within the company talk. When those investigations happen, the investigators typically ask around the company. Then suddenly SPC whoever becomes PFC whoever.

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u/AdWonderful5920 Infuntry 16h ago

posters put up around battalion and the commissary

What...no fucken way.

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u/mashbrowns 23h ago

First step is a warning not gossiping on reddit. Use your brain. 

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 23h ago

This situation doesn’t specifically pertain me. I just wanted input for my soldier

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u/mashbrowns 23h ago

Gotcha my bad. I shouldn't have assumed. My apologies. 

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u/politoisnothuman 1d ago

Love, and lust, conquers all.

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u/mratlas666 *Not a doctor 1d ago

Got fucked. Now they really fucked.

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u/jbourne71 cyber bullets go pew pew (ret.) 21h ago

CGs withhold all officer disciplinary action. At best, the LT gets a local LOR and referred OER. Most likely, GOMOR and elimination action (zero defect Army). Assuming not prior service, they don’t have enough TIS to be afforded due process request a board of inquiry and fight it. At worst, UCMJ for adultery.

As for the SGT? FG Article 15, probably. They’ll recover.

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u/Forsaken_Professor79 ISR Guy raised by the Cav 21h ago

When will people stop shitting where they eat?

Anyway. I had a BN XO who got caught with the BMO and I’m pretty sure he got force retired probably lost a few coins and that’s just before the divorce and I’m certain the LT got a GOMAR.

Vagina/Penis is not worth your career/money/family.

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u/alejeron 35Delta the F out 20h ago

So I did a 15-6 that was a follow-on/result of another 15-6 that investigated a case of an LT and a junior enlisted having sex, so part of the documents that got turned over to me were the results of that investigation.

The LT got a GOMAR and moved to a different unit.

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u/Additional_Syrup3614 19h ago

Dishonorable discharge is worse than a felony. There are ways you can talk yourself out of a felony and make yourself look good, but there's no way you're gonna talk yourself out of a dishonorable discharge. First of all, there are too many retired veterans that know different. A felony is in some ways judged by your character. But a dishonorable discharge—it's all about your character and honor. And most people besides McDonald's hamburger are gonna have a second opinion about hiring you.

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u/marsmelly 25Angery>:( 17h ago

Don’t get your meat where you get your bread, LT.

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u/dburke603 15h ago

Good luck without photo or video evidence of them having sex but the XO will definitely get boned without it

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u/Same_Entry_2261 JAG 13h ago

Straight to jail. No trial no nothing.

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u/AdWonderful5920 Infuntry 1d ago

For the officer, he's done being promoted. I've known a couple of officers who've done this and if it's kept quiet, nothing happens. But this has already been reported. 1LT is finishing his time in the Army as a 1LT and needs to find a new job. They might allow him to finish out his term, or his ADSO might expire while this is shaking out, but his CPT bars are gone. SGT could be the same, but realistically she's probably able to get past it if she wants to stay in.

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u/2nd_Inf_Sgt Medical Corps 1d ago

They must be in South Korea.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

You know it

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u/slayermcb Fister - DD-214 Army 1d ago

I remember the old joke "Whats the fastest way to get your E5 in Korea? Go there as an E6."

It's nice to see that some things never change.

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

I hear it literally everyday 😂

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u/2nd_Inf_Sgt Medical Corps 4h ago

The phrase, “ we’re separated at this moment,” is quite literal. The SM is in South Korea and spouse CONUS.

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u/Informal-Victory-164 21h ago edited 6h ago

I've never heard of officer barracks.

This can go either way depending upon who is on whose golden boy list or shit list.

I've seen people slammed for less, and I've seen much worse get swept under the rug.

But just taken at face value, the XO really fucked up screwing around with a junior enlisted, especially in the same unit/chain of command. The SPC knew better, but she was on the lower end of the power structure, so I would assume her punishment to be much less, if anything. What actually happens will come down to who is on which list reference above.

Here's my prediction: the XO will get slammed, the SPC we'll get a summarized and do some extra duty.

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u/antibannannaman 15Thank me for my cervix 17h ago

Had O barracks when I was at K16, it was E7 up but still considered as officer barracks

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u/QuesoHusker ORSA FA/49 #MathIsHard 15h ago

The LT is screwed. The SPC/SGT may face charges for adultery, but that’s a difficult charge to prove.

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u/SnooHedgehogs4241 15h ago

LT cooked, SPC demoted to SGT

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u/gigaphaguette Emancipated Leg 14h ago

LT, I think I speak for everyone here when I ask:

"How was it?"

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u/Forsaken-Soil-667 13h ago

I heard of an instance long ago where a male MSG got involved with a newly commissioned 2LT and both got the boot. Both were married. MSG might have been a forced retirement but the 2LT definitely got booted out.

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u/Altruistic-Rhapsody Infantry 13h ago

In the two cases that I witnessed during my career, the offending officer disappeared. My station was Coleman Barracks, Germany. I found them while I was installation duty officer and had to count prisoners at the U.S. Army Europe Detention Facility. This does not bode well for the lieutenant.

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u/galwe09 12h ago

Did your soldiers share the screenshots with you? If so share them with the group so we can form a better-informed opinion.

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u/Better_Material_4006 10h ago

You don't need to be able to prove adultery when it's proof of fraternization. Same consequences

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u/TinyHeartSyndrome Buffalo Wrangler 9h ago

LT —> GOMOR

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u/Maxine786 9h ago

One of my LT buddies fell victim to one of the 9 females in the BN at the time. My semi handsome friend took his  GOMAR like a man. He's a civilian now. I think the SPC got an article 15, high fives all around in the barracks, and most likely a rotten case of herpes. Good luck..

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u/Next_Construction737 9h ago

Like Pete Hegseth said “FAFO”.

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u/Roy-Richards 7h ago

(Retired senior NCO). It’s gonna come down to who they assign as the 15-6 investigating office and his/her recommendation to the CDR or the CDR’s personal feelings about it. I witnessed 3 in my career of people I personally knew…nothing happened to them. They didn’t have the O & E factor…they were all enlisted.

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u/Resident_Event_8073 7h ago

I hope that LT didn’t have hopes of being a Captain.

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u/-3than Generic Officer to MBA Corporate Drone 6h ago

OP is probably the 1LT, post history isn’t helping him

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 6h ago

You’ve seen my post history so clearly I have no problem putting myself out there….. if it was me I’d say it.

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u/Horsetoberfest 1d ago

Sir, at some point the dust is going to settle. After your chapter, and being sidelined with a significant amount of what will basically be unpayable debt due to all the money the army spent to give you an education which you now need to pay back; you will have a moment of clarity to process all of this. Remember these words:

"If you'd like to save 10% on your purchase today, could I interest you in applying for a Lowe's credit card?"

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u/VermicelliOriginal56 1d ago

I’m not the LT nor the Soldier😂. I’m literally just the first line of the Soldier

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u/SwitchNo579 16h ago

We’ve all been there dude. You’re not the first or last LT to do it.