I can’t find any details anywhere, not even the officer’s name. Without knowing more, it’s hard to say more than I have. I just know that fraternization is typically handled administratively (hand over pay), and the officer being treated as such would be SOP. Which she was, having a letter of caution on her record.
It should also be noted that rank notwithstanding, senior personnel is always expected to handle themselves better than their juniors. An ensign will be treated administratively more like a seaman, and a chief more like a commander, even though an ensign outranks a CPO. Those who’ve never served would find that uniquely military nuance hard to grasp, as I don’t think there is a parallel anywhere in the civilian world.
Senior in the sense of being of older age or serving longer? I’m trying to get what’s supposed to be non intuitive here, other than the obviously P.C. slap on the wrist that she got.
Not exactly my observation in the Army. Certainly when it came to professional and technical competence issues, a senior NCO was held to a higher standard than a new Lieutenant; the NCOs are epected to impart their competence on junior officers. However, when it came to moral/criminal/ethical matters, new Lieutenants or freshly minted Warrants were held to the the strictest accounts.
I was commissioned in '91 and, believe it or not, My Lai was still pretty fresh in the Army's psyche when it came to junior officer accountability.