[AMDG&BVMH]

"It would be totally out of line for a commander to direct what one does or doesn't do with legal, private email. "

Don't all the academies now have computers for the cadets in their rooms? In which case, it would likely be very difficult for them to have any private e-mail without access to their gov't computer. So they should be allowed since they are prob. allowed to use e-mail for private msgs with other content.

[xzins]

I retired a few years back, and most private applications of gov't email systems were just fine. If they have the cadets on a gov't lan and gov't computers in their own rooms, then they have to allow legal, private communication with relatives, friends, etc. It would be hard to say to them, "Talk about everything else in your private lives....BUT....no RELIGIOUS talk."