HE CONSIDERED HER PARTICULARLY OUTSTANDING. AT BATTALION SOCIAL EVENTS
HE ALWAYS SINGLED HER OUT FOR DISCUSSIONS TO THE EXCLUSION OF OTHER
OFFICERS.
HE FREQUENTLY INVITED HER TO ATTEND STAFF MEETINGS AT THE
BRIGADE AND DIVISION WITH HIM, ALTHOUGH HE DID THAT FOR NO OTHER
LIEUTENANT.
JUNIOR MALE AND FEMALE OFFICERS WITHIN THE BATTALION
CONSIDERED 2LT Y WAS "GETTING OVER" ON THE SYSTEM, AND HINTED AT A
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP (ALTHOUGH THAT WAS, IN FACT, NOT TRUE). IN GENERAL,
JUNIOR OFFICER MORALE WAS LOW BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED UNEQUAL
TREATMENT. IS THIS RELATIONSHIP IMPROPER?
ANSWER:
YES.
THIS RELATIONSHIP CLEARLY CAUSED A PERCEPTION OF
PARTIALITY OR
UNFAIRNESS, RESULTING IN AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON MORALE.
QUESTION:
1LT X, A SINGLE FEMALE, MET SPC BLANKLY, A SINGLE MALE, AT A SOCIAL
EVENT FOR SINGLES AT THEIR LOCAL CHURCH AND THEY STARTED DATING.
ON
THE SECOND DATE, THEY FOUND OUT THAT EACH WAS IN THE MILITARY AND
STATIONED AT FORT B.
1LT X WAS IN DIVISION HEADQUARTERS WHILE SP4
BLANKLY WAS IN CORPS HEADQUARTERS.
THEY CONTINUED TO DATE, OFF POST
AND IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, TELLING NO ONE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
THE
COMPANY COMMANDERS ONLY LEARNED OF THE RELATIONSHIP WHEN BOTH REQUESTED
LEAVE TO GET MARRIED. IS THE RELATIONSHIP IMPROPER?
ANSWER:
THERE IS NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH THIS RELATIONSHIP.
THERE WAS NO
ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED PARTIALITY OR UNFAIRNESS, NO IMPROPER USE OF RANK OR
POSITION, AND NO UNDERMINING OF DISCIPLINE, AUTHORITY, OR MORALE.
QUESTION:
COL X, A SINGLE, INSTALLATION HEADQUARTERS STAFF OFFICER, HAS BEEN A
WIDOWER FOR THREE YEARS. AT A HAIL AND FAREWELL HE MET CPT Y, A SINGLE
FEMALE OFFICER IN THE HEADQUARTERS.
SHE DOES NOT WORK UNDER HIS
SUPERVISION.
THEY HAVE BEEN DATING FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS.
LAST
WEEKEND WAS TO BE A SPECIAL ONE FOR THEM, THE FIRST FREE WEEKEND THAT
COL X HAD SINCE THEY MET.
THEY HAD RENTED SEPARATE COTTAGES AT THE
BEACH AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A WEEKEND OF RELAXATION AND SERIOUS
DISCUSSION ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO A LAST MINUTE
SICKNESS, CPT Y FOUND THAT SHE WAS THE WEEKEND DUTY OFFICER.
COL X
CALLED HIS FRIEND, THE SGS, AND PREVAILED UPON HIM TO FIND ANOTHER
OFFICER TO REPLACE CPT Y. IS THIS RELATIONSHIP IMPROPER?
ANSWER:
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT RISING FROM THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN COL X AND CPT Y.
WHILE THERE WAS NOTHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH
THEIR DATING, COL X AND CPT Y SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WOULD CLEARLY BE SCRUTINIZED BY THEIR SUBORDINATES AND PEERS.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS POSITION TO RELEASE CPT Y FROM DUTY IS WHAT THE
ARMY'S POLICY IS AIMED AT PREVENTING.
QUESTION:
CPT X, A SINGLE FEMALE COMPANY COMMANDER, BECAME ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED
WITH SGT Y, A SINGLE ENLISTED MAN IN HER COMPANY.
SEVERAL SOLDIERS
COMPLAINED TO THE FIRST SERGEANT THAT SGT Y WAS GETTING PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT. WHEN COUNSELED BY HER BATTALION COMMANDER
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