Military vows to punish philandering soldiers

[ECH1969]

THE MILITARY warned soldiers who cheat on their wives that they would be punished for their infidelity.

"If they have violated the law, we will go after them. If they are proven guilty, they face separation from the service," Honrado told reporters.

Honrado said a soldier could be charged with bigamy, abandonment, and non-support before the Provost Marshals of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The maximum penalty for such offenses is dismissal from the service.

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=2&story_id=75568

[Vincardog]

1. OK if you want out of bush's hell, cheat.

[NJ_Lib]

2. Oh, so the military now doubles as the "Moral Police"?

Cause they have nothing better to do but to go after "cheating" soldiers? Oy...

[MemphisTiger]

5. They have laws like this already on the books and have

had them for some time. They don't fall under civilian law.

[AnneD]

27. In the military,

under the military justice code you can't mess around if you are married. You also can't mess around with enlisted if you are an officer and vise versa and folks have been drummed out.
Frankly, if it were my spouse that had been stop lossed for as many years as some of these folks have been-I'd tell him to cheat to get out. I wouldn't have a problem with that (as long as he did it safely). I'd stand by him, and thank the other woman.

[Nickster]

6. Reminds me of another country that is close to the BFEE, loves oil, and

has moral police walking the streets. Lemmee see, who was that again.....Wahabi.....hmmmm

[TroubleMan]

25. Unfortunately this is extremely common, and has been going on for years.

There's a law against everything in the UCMJ. The even have what's called a "General Article." Check out the wording on this baby:

“Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.”

That means they can bust you for whatever they want. So if you piss off somebody higher up, they can bust you...and it sticks, too.

Both adultery and cohabitation are expressly forbidden in the UCMJ, and I've seen people get charged and convicted of both.

In all of the cases with the General Article, cohabitation, adultery, and "violations" of a similar nature...they're all selectively enforced. If the commanding officer likes you, you can get away with this stuff. However, if you piss somebody off, then they start enforcing this stuff.

[Bob3]

3. So if I whore around they kick me out of the army?

And then I don't have to back to Iraq?
Good one. Honey get the lube.

[MindPilot]

4. Maybe after the troops are properly equipped, trained and fed

the military can worry about where a soldier puts his dick. :eyes:

[catnhatnh]

7. How about a team of dedicated Peace Moms.....

...with video (or better yet web) cams taking on every married member in a deploying battalion-while their wives cheer them on-then let the regime spin THAT.....

[YDogg]

8. This is from The Philippine Daily Inquirer

I didn't see anything identifying this as pertaining to US troops (although there may be similar military laws in effect for troops from the US). But this article is not about the US military.

[ECH1969]

9. It was up on googles front page alittle while ago

[YDogg]

11. Here's another article about it, from tomorrow's Philippine Star

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/news200605136601.htm

[tocqueville]

10. is cheating (on wife or husband) illegal ?

that's news to me. If the other partner files a divorce, that's another story, but still between two individuals... Besides are BJs OK ? how many soldiers will be charged with perjury for stating "I didn't have sex with that woman/man" ?

[meow2u3]

18. In the military, it is

But only if the soldier is either enlisted personnel, a Democrat, or both.

Repuke officers are protected from the law, just as they're above civilian law :sarcasm:

[Tanuki]

12. Remember Kelly Flinn,

the female fighter pilot who faced a court martial for adultery in a case that was widely regarded as selective enforcement of rules and outrageous double standard?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Flinn

[sarge43]

20. She wasn't a fighter pilot; she flew a B-52. The first woman to do so

She was charged with adultery, disobeying a legal order and lying on an official statement. She was warned at least twice to stop before the UCMJ was dropped on her. As for the double standard, she was doing the civilian husband of an enlisted woman. Trust me, that was one of the very few times an enlisted woman wasn't double standarded.

[Sgent]

13. In the US

Its illegal for an officer to cheat (conduct unbecoming), and many officers have been relieved of command for doing it.

I don't think there is any such rule that applies to enlisted personel -- although some other issues may apply.

[sarge43]

22. I just scan the UCMJ

The adultery article applies only to commissioned officers. They can always use the old standby -- conduct unbecoming.

[shain from kane]

14. Me so horny. Me likey soldier boy.. Suck, suck.

What's the penalty for having sex with an Iraqi woman? You no longer have to face Mecca and pray 5 times a day. All your prayers have been answered.

[ECH1969]

16. A number of US soldiers have been offered Iraqi wifes

in exchange for realtively small amounts of money like two or three thousand.

[Demeter]

15. What Are They Gonna Do? Send the Cheaters to Iran???

I am beyond the point of absurdity here.

[AX10]

17. Why?

[leesa]

19. Well, hell, that'll be easy for those wanting out! Excellent!

Want out of the Crusades? Have some fun!

[ShortnFiery]

21. How about you START with corporate corruption - that hurts us *all* ? n/t

[Ezlivin]

23. Hell, after one night of liberty, half our sub's crew would be drummed out

But we were only facing war with the USSR, so no one cared at the time.

Now we're facing a bigger threat. Or so we're told...

[TroubleMan]

24. This is old news....the military's been doing this for a long time.

I was in 1992-2000 (USMC), and I know at least 12 other Marines that were busted for adultery. It's selectively enforced, though. If your CO likes you, nothing happens. If you CO doesn't like you, they bust you for it.

[xchrom]

26. the amed services spend waaay too much time worrying about what johnny and

johnette are doing with their naughty bits.

between conservative christians and the armed forces, spying and everything else -- i never knew soooo many people were sooooo worried about what everyone else was doing with their private parts.