Can a warrant officer date an officer?

Yes, this relationship is acceptable under Army policy. While intimate relationships between officer and enlisted personnel are prohibited, team-building associations are exempt from this prohibition.
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Can enlisted marry warrant officers?

A set of rules also govern "military fraternization." Among other prohibitions, those rules generally say that an enlisted member and an officer cannot marry.
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Can two officers date in the military?

All branches of the United States military maintain regulations that govern dating, and any fraternization, among both officers and enlisted soldiers. Since 1984, improper fraternization has been recognized as a punishable offense.
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Can an officer ever date enlisted?

US NAVY REGULATIONS 1165: Prohibits personal relationships between officers and enlisted personnel that are unduly familiar and do not respect the differences in grade or rank. Such relationships are prejudicial to good order and discipline and violative of service tradition.
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Can Army officers date other officers?

Certain types of personal relationships between officers and enlisted Soldiers, or NCOs and junior enlisted Soldiers, are prohibited. Prohibited relationships include the following: (1) Ongoing business relationships between officers and enlisted personnel, or NCOs and junior enlisted Soldiers.
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What is the difference between a Warrant Officer and Regular Commissioned Officer



Can a private date an officer?

Yes, this relationship is acceptable under Army policy. While intimate relationships between officer and enlisted personnel are prohibited, team-building associations are exempt from this prohibition.
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Who can officers date in the military?

All the services prohibit personal and business relationships between officers and enlisted members, calling them prejudicial to good order and discipline. Personal relationships include dating, cohabitation, and any sexual relationship.
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Can a sergeant date a private?

Dating & intimate relationships between NCOs and junior enlisted soldiers is prohibited. Marriage will not prevent command action for the fraternization prior to the marriage.
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Why can't officers and enlisted be friends?

The applicable military “rule” in your situation is Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which prohibits relations between officers and enlisted that undermine good order and discipline, display partiality on the part of the officer, or bring discredit upon the service.
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What is the punishment for fraternization in military?

The maximum possible punishments for being convicted of Fraternization, as a violation or failure to obey lawful general order or regulation, is dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for two years.
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Can I date someone in my platoon?

Yes, soldiers are allowed to date civilians, as well as other soldiers in the military. However, there are some limitations. Officers and enlisted are not allowed to date. There are some exceptions if they were dating prior to joining the service, but you'll want to check the regs for the details.
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What is adultery in the military?

Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), it is a punishable criminal offense for a service member to engage in adultery. The act of adultery is defined as a situation where a service member engages in sexual relations with someone other than his or her spouse.
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Can you date an officer in another branch?

Those engaging in fraternization can be brought up on Uniform Code Military Justice (UCMJ) charges. A relationship is considered fraternization even if the parties are in different units, different commands, or even different branches of service.
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Can a girlfriend be a military dependent?

When you marry a service member, you technically become a "dependent" (though I have yet to encounter a military spouse that I would define as dependent on anyone!). However, when you're not married to the service member, you are dependent on them for access to services that play a major role in his or her life.
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Can a cadet date an officer?

A cadet is neither enlisted, nor an officer. Dating, close friendships, and sexual relationships between cadets and officers or between cadets and enlisted personnel are prohibited.
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What is considered fraternization?

Fraternization in the military relates to prohibited personal relationships between military service members of different ranks and positions. Fraternization involves improper relationships, ranging from overly casual relationships to friendships to romantic relationships.
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Do officers outrank enlisted?

Warrant Officers outrank all enlisted members, but are not required to have a college degree. Commissioned Officers outrank Warrant Officers and enlisted service members, and must have a minimum of a four-year bachelor's degree.
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Can a NCO date a soldier?

In a significant change to AR 600-20, paragraph 4-14c, now codifies the customary prohibition of personal or intimate relationships between NCOs (corporal through command sergeant major) and junior enlisted service members (private through specialist).
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Why do army officers use first names?

The use of first names implies a personal relationship, something that may not be advantageous for the troops to adopt. If senior officers referred to junior officers by their first names, the junior ones may feel more at liberty to question orders due to the perceived personal interaction.
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Can officers room with enlisted?

Officers and NCO's cannot cohabitate, NCO's and junior enlisted Soldiers cannot cohabitate.
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Should I marry my boyfriend before he deploys?

While you might be more inclined to wait for marriage, there are several benefits to getting married before deployment. Housing benefits are extremely beneficial for military families who are constantly on the move from base to base. And not only are there allowances given to spouses but children as well.
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Can an E4 date an e6?

According to the new Fraternization policy, an NCO of any rank cannot have a personal relationship with anyone of the Jr. Enslited ranks (E4 and below), to include cross-branches.
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Is Sexting adultery in the military?

“Sexting isn't a crime under the [Uniform Code of Military Justice], however, it can be evidence for a lot of other different types of crimes,” said Air Force Capt. Amanda Goodwin, 673d Air Base Wing Chief of Military Justice.
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Is kissing considered adultery?

2. Adultery covers all types of sexual behaviour. Legally, adultery only covers sexual intercourse, which means behaviours such as kissing, webcam, virtual, and “emotional adultery” do not count for the purposes of getting divorced. This makes adultery very hard to prove if your spouse will not admit to it.
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Is kissing considered adultery in the military?

No. Adultery requires a sex act with someone not your spouse, or with the spouse of another. A kiss does not qualify.
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