Why is adultery a crime in the military?

Quite simply, if your personal life is out of order it causes disorder in your professional life. In the military if you're not on your game you put your life, and the lives of others in danger.

You enter into a binding contract with marriage you did the same with the Marine Corps so if you can't keep the contract clean with marriage why would you keep your contract clean with the Corps.

I typed, deleted, typed, edited, then deleted again (there is so much I wanna say but I'd be preaching to the choir). I finally realized why I got rid of my Facebook the day I joined Rally Point. SGM Matthew Quick took the words right out of my mouth. Army Values are not issued with a canteen. That is all.

It does make one pretty vulnerable to blackmail.

Adultery is bad for the individual marriage, bad for morale for him or her if caught, bad for the morale of the troops, it can bring on a financial burden, and it is against the law in the military.

All three of these must be proven to be true for it to be considers adultery:

(1) That the accused wrongfully had sexual intercourse with a certain person;

(2) That, at the time, the accused or the other person was married to someone else; and

(3) That, under the circumstances, the conduct of the accused was to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces or was of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces.

Adultery is a crime in the military, if you are caught. It's also a crime in the military to have sex about any other way than missionary including head. Did I read right your a SFC asking this question? If so I'm sure it was a bit of sarcasm.

It is a crime period if caught in the act--not hear say, and I have seen a pair of sergeants charged, found guilty, and who were "doing" each others spouses "swingers" in Germany in 1988. Both went to military jail and their spouses were simply returned to America on the tax payers dime. Their taxes should have been garnished "spouses not serving time" for breaking the law and their responsibility would have been sending themselves back or face the host country laws for the same crime versus and being back in America and living a normal life while two others rusted away over stupid decisions that you should not be thinking off. I think DOD wide that UCMJ for all Services and civilians serving in government capacity should face the same law--unbiased. That would surely make some of these swingers SGT EnFinger is referring too think, she knows what she is talking about. E.g. at an installation an entire housing building of students were swingers. 18 apartments of adults swinging, that would have hit the Army millions via way by training and investment in soldiers and sending all their spouses packing with families included. The Services/UCMJ need to get the civil authorities involved if they cannot fix the UCMJ to address the spouses regardless of who you are including C&C down to the private. Even a president who admits to receiving oral sex in the oval office, its wrong!

Well, lets hope that affair doesn't happen in North Carolina. Here, not only can you be arrested for the affair...(you probably wont, depends on the cop)..but the spouse who has been "harmed" by the affair can then sue the "other woman/man" for alienation of affection. Recently courts have awarded more than $1,000,000 in damages for EACH act of adultery.

The plain and simple answer, its based on original law, that is in fact still enacted in at least 20 states. Bottom line, don't do it...easier said than done at times, but just don't. People do not realize that it doesn't really matter what happens between spouses...and honestly who gives a damn about the way they feel...the real victims in these situation are children of the couple involved.

Adultery seems to be a problem all around the military. It's not only against the Army Values, but it effects the workplace. I have been in units where the upset spouse shows up to the office causing a scene because the husband or girlfriend has ruined the marriage and family. I feel it should stay against rules within our military ranks.