Army General Faces Punishment for Living Swinger’s Lifestyle for 11 Years
What was this guy thinking if he thought this could be kept under wraps:
Maj. Gen. David Haight, Army Ranger, combat veteran and family man, held a key post in Europe this spring and a future with three, maybe four stars.
He also led a double life: an 11-year affair and a “swinger lifestyle” of swapping sexual partners that put him at risk of blackmail and espionage, according to interviews and documents. Jennifer Armstrong, 49, a government employee, said she and Haight had been involved in the torrid love affair that began more than 10 years ago in Baghdad and ended this spring.
Badly. [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link, but it will be interesting to see what rank this guy is forced to retire at considering how long we was living this lifestyle.
Soooo…
This guy lived a “swinger lifestyle” that “put him at risk of blackmail and espionage” and will most certainly face punishment.
Hillary lived a “digital swinger lifestyle” that may have resulted in blackmail and has certainly resulted in espionage… and faces… nothing.
Different spanks for different skanks.
Of course, as long as he had no “intent” to be a victim of blackmail or espionage, he is all good… right?
This will make for an interesting office topic, as we have an NCO of which he and his wife are both swingers. They are very open about it. Not sure if they could be at risk for blackmail or espionage since they don’t keep it a secret.
The term “swinger” implies swapping. Swinger means both partners are “into it”.
There are a lot of them in the USAF. Swinging actually started in the USAF fighter pilot community (think it was 1950s, or maybe as far back as WWII).
The only blackmail or espionage would seem to be “hey, I’ll tell the government and you’ll lose your job!!”
First they took our light bulbs. And I didn’t complain because the fluorescent ones would do.
Then they took our toilet water, and I didn’t complain because I could flush twice.
Then they took our tobacco, and I didn’t complain because I don’t smoke.
Then they took our key parties….well, they’ll get my key parties when they pry it out of my cold, dead…
Just kidding.
I am actually glad the swinger trend is dissipating. It’s extremely uncomfortable to unintentionally find oneself at one. But if this is the way some consenting adults and their partners want to act in private I don’t think it should be a federal offense.
I’m pretty sure much of the command knows, or at least has heard about it. I guess someone could threaten to tell someone higher up the chain of command though. He said in the past that he posts ads on craigslist, and sure enough there is still one on there that he listed 28 days ago for Osan AB.
Boys will be boys!
What happens in the Air Force stays in the Air Force.
Not to worry!His convening authority…Obama will be able to pardon him in few months:)
I think more people would have a problem with the adultery part than the swinger part. If he and his wife consentingly went to swinger parties together, or had orgies or invited someone over for a ménage à trois, many would say, ‘not my business’, ‘leave them alone’, even though multiple partner relationships probably still violates the adultery article of the UCMJ.
The charges make a big deal about the risk that he could have been blackmailed if his activities were discovered by enemy agents. A person can only be blackmailed for doing something that they can be severely punished for if they are exposed. Well, since the end of DADT, it’s probably not possible to blackmail most military people for being homosexual since it’s no longer a punishable offense.
Solution? Remove Article 134, on adultery, from the UCMJ. Problem solved.
This discussion has been had a few times here in the past.
I agree that punishing military adulterers seems an antiquated notion. Some have suggested that the reasoning behind it is to prevent quarreling between members of a unit when spouses become involved. I think that’s also a fair point.
Who knows where the issue will be in 20 or 30 years?
Except he’s not black, gay, and/or muslim?
Sure Joe. Let’s remove any impediments to personal freedom. Folks litter all the time, let’s drop that. There are often Sailors and Marines “raping” women on Okinawa, let’s drop that, too.
The point on the UCMJ is not to make Jody happy. It’s to keep good order and discipline. And even DADT was a problem: if you can’t follow the rules don’t sign up. I think we pwned ourselves and having so many generals that can’t focus on doing their job because of sex, gambling, and so on points to a severe readiness issue.
At the current rate, there won’t be a UCMJ in 20 years, just sharia.
Liz – have you ever unintentionally found yourself at a swinger party?
Yes, and more than once.
It took a while to catch on.
Then you just whisper, “Honey, I think we need to leave…NOW!”
I tried to host a swingers party…
…but Black Lives Matter showed up before I could get the noose tied.
I’ll be here all week, folks.