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Show Thursday, Hilltop Times May 1, 1997 Maintaining professional relationships a good idea in any workplace, but are A matter Hilltop Times Classified Ads work No phone numbers may be listed in classified ads off flaw Only $3.00 Up to 15 words Date: Name: Address: Phone: City: $3. 00 service charge. Mail your ad with your check or money order ( please do not mail cash) to: Hilltop Times, P.O. Box 951, 455 23rd Street, Ogden, or at the Ogden, UT 84402. Or you may place your ad at the Standard-Examine- r, Lakeside Review, 2146 North Main, Layton. You may place your ad over the phone with a credit card (a $3.00 service charge will be made) by calling 625-430- 0. Cost is $3.00 for up to and including 15 words and 20 cents per word thereafter, with a 20 discount for multiple runs. Deadline is 2 p.m. Tuesday, the week of publication. Ads received after 2 p.m. Tuesday will be published the following week. If paying by VISA or Mastercard: 2909, that officer and enlisted personnel are forbidden to do. An officer can- by Lisa Ryan Hilltop Times staff not gamble with enlisted members, Can an officer and enlisted member share living quarters, borrow money or go out to lunch? Can a junior officer engage in sexual relations. and a senior officer go golfing togethIn contacts, the diser? The answer is "yes but." Can an tance of rank is a deciding factor in the officer date an enlisted member? The relationship. answer is "no." "Senior officer and junior officer relaThese issues often come up in a mil- tionships can be considered unprofesitary organization and where to draw sional because senior members exerthe line concerning activities such as cise authority or some direct or indithe ones mentioned may not always be rect influence over the junior officer, known. even if he's not his or her commander The word is being spread around Hill or boss," Nichols said. "The senior about professional and unprofessional member can influence assignments, relationships. The Office of the Staff promotions, duties, awards and other Judge Advocate has been giving brief privileges." When a military ings on the sub at multiple ject person superRelationships: Keep them vises a civilian, commanders professional calls. the same rules from the AFI Capt. Angela Nichols, flight apply. commander of the "Military superofficer-to-offic- er Military Personnel Flight, visors professional and unprofessional relationships at the 75th Air Base Wing meeting. She said Col. Carl Enlisted, 75th Critchlow, Employee Air Base Wing commander, suggested that at all times, good judgment should be used. "He said, 'if you think the relation ship might be inappropriate, then it probably is.m Critchlow is also setting up a mentoring program for airmen and company grade officers where this subject will be part of the program. "I think people need to be aware," Nichols said. "Because I think that people aren't aware that the perception of unprofessional behavior is enough. The perception of unprofessional relationship, even though you didn't intend it, is enough to cause upheaval in a squadron." Nichols said that unprofessional relationships don't just happen between males and females who are dating or engaging in sexual relationships. "A person can be buddies with their boss," Nichols said. "They can go to lunch every day and they don't intend it to look unprofessional. I could have an unprofessional relationship with my lieutenant by going out and partying with her and her friends every Friday night. That's unprofessional because of our rank. I am also her supervisor and in her direct chain of command." Do's and don'ts So when does a relationship cross the line and become unprofessional? In the case of an officer and an enlisted member, the problem comes when activities become frequent and shared, Nichols said. "In cases like that, it would be the same officer and the same enlisted member going golfing every week or having lunch together every day," Nichols said. There are some specific things, according to Air Force Instruction 36- - "particularly with those they V ; ' supervise. The same rules Officer, Supervisor I Q PLEASE CHECK THE DESIRED CLASSIFICATION: For Rent Real Estate Help Wanted Opportunities Q Misc. for Sale Motorcycles Miscellaneous Q Lost & Found Notices Services Cars, Trucks Wanted Mobile Homes Personals Garage Sales 15 WORDS: $3.00 30 WORDS Attach sheet if necessary. $3.00 Up to 15 words Additional words at 20$ Credit card $3.00 charge TOTAL ENCLOSED: Subtotal must maintain professional relationships with civilian employees," Nichols said, gave a briefing on Q apply to civilians. I don't think this has been addressed in the past, it's been always military But, Nichols, said the responsibility of limiting or ending the relationship lies with the senior (officer or enlisted) member of the relationship. "Because the responsibility lies with them, they're the ones who get the harsher punishments," Nichols said. "Because of the position they hold, they're expected to have higher standards." Consequences of unprofessional relationships There are consequences connected with unprofessional relationships, according to Capt. Don Christensen, chief. Military Justice. "It's not unusual for cases of frater" nization to go to Christensen said. "An Article 15 is going to be the minimum punishment." An Article 15 is a punishment under which a military member can't be discharged or serve jail time. The military member can turn down an Article 15 and request a The Article 15 becomes a permanent part of the member's record. Furthermore, even a letter of reprimand for an officer carries with it mandatory establishment for an unfavorable information file and will probaOfficer bly result in a Performance Report with long-tercareer impacts. There were no fraternization incidents at Hill in 1995, and only one that Use your scissors here. 2 Mli Off Off Off Any Product Any Haircut Any Perm Adult Cut $9.95 Kids Cut $7.95 Includes Shampoo, Cut and Style. (12 Starting at $39.00 Reas SEBASTIAN ywi and under) MasterCuts MasterCuts Great Great Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Great Haircuts. Great Prices. No double discounts Valid for your antira family Haircuts. No doubt MasterCuts Great Great Prices. discounts Valid for your antira Haircuts. Guaranteed. Prices. No doubt discounts family NH1 NC2 And we'll use ours here. court-martial,- non-judici- al m? K' fa court-martia- l. 'Cv "v I t "Wn" A H JA w 1 ftn n jf !' below-standar- d m occurred in 1996. 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