This is the story of how the lines of fraternization between officers and NCOs were crossed resulting in an intense 18-month affair/relationship.
As a career NCO in the United States Army, many things are frowned upon. Fraternization is one of the ones that will end your career and jeopardize your benefits with the risk of losing it all. I have not been able to talk to anyone about this and to some degree, this serves as a measure of venting out in the search for closure.
Since this is meant to be a series of posts covering the entire affair, I’ll provide some background about myself. I am an enlisted NCO with plenty of years of active duty, I am what many would call a career Soldier. I have been married for pretty much the amount of time I have served, my marriage is not perfect but I have managed to keep it afloat through all the years. I began having more than the normal share of problems at home upon moving to a new duty station in Europe, this drove me away from home throwing myself into work to drown the stress of a failing marriage.