Majority Of Americans Air Force Essay - 1,062 words

Should Adultery Be a Crime in the Air Force? First Lieutenant Kelly Flinn is an Air Force Academy graduate and the first female bomber pilot in Air Force history. She's considered a trailblazer who was until recently a public relations blessing for the Air Force. This blessing turned into a curse last month as the country questioned the Air Force's contention that adultery is a crime.


Last month Kelly Flinn was discharged from the Air Force with less than a Honorable discharge - a General discharge to be specific. The Air Force wanted to court-martial her on charges of adultery, conduct unbecoming an officer, making a false statement, disobeying an order, and disobeying a regulation. As a member of the Air Force, I find myself asking if the Air Force is right. Is a court-martial, with the federal conviction and possible prison sentence it results in if found guilty, the right way to handle things? The Air Force says yes. Yes because she admitted to adultery, which is a violation of Article 134 of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice.


Her conduct was unbecoming an officer, because according to an Air Force spokesman quoted in the Air Force Times, "Adultery is not becoming. " She made a false official statement by initially denying adultery. She disobeyed an order by continuing a relationship with a married man after she was ordered to stop seeing him. She was also charged with disobeying a regulation by fraternizing, or being involved with an enlisted person in other than a professional basis. This last charge stems from an earlier relationship with an enlisted man. Through my personal experience as a member of the Air Force, I understand the Air Force's position to be that it depends on it's members as leaders and people who can be counted on to do what's right even when it will feels better to do the opposite. The Air Force required that people live up to certain standards.


If a person cannot exercise self-discipline and high-moral standards, the Air Force has the right to remove this person from duty. The Air Force expects service members to abide by a code of laws. When the law is broken, Air Force leaders have no choice but to respond. Secretary of the Air Force Widnall is quoted in the Air Force Times as saying "Although it is the adultery charge that has received the greatest public focus, it is the allegation of lack of integrity and disobedience to order that has been of principle concern to the Air Force. " The Secretary has a valid point, but I must address these areas of "principle concern. " Kelly Flinn lied when questioned about her relationship with a married man. I agree lying is wrong, but would she have lied if she hadn't been officially asked very personal questions about her private life?


From personal experience I know that refusal to answer official Air Force questions most likely will result in the loss of a person's security clearance. Loss of security clearance disqualifies a person from most jobs in t ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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