DOING IT BY THE BOOK

TO: THE ARMED FORCES FROM: SEX CRIMES DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RE: ADULTERY: DEFINITIONS AND APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

We have received numerous inquiries on the proper methods of detecting adultery and how best to handle this growing menace to our military preparedness. A number of the officers who have written for clarification even seem uncertain as to what constitutes "adultery" and whether the DOD has a consistent policy that applies equally to women and men, generals with four stars and those with only three, friends of the Secretary of Defense and those who have not yet had the pleasure of meeting...