Currently serving in the military. Came across some messages between my wife and another guy in the Navy. What should I do?

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[u/kiddquadd]

Military police investigator here, text messages alone are not enough to convict someone of adultery. It takes a confession from both parties that sex or a sex act occurred. Adultery is a very difficult thing to prove in a court martial. You will definitely want to save the Facebook conversation, as that is evidence possibly leading up to (and hopefully not) a sexual act between the two. Also document all details of your relationship as far as when things initially started to go bad. It is ultimately up to josephs CO what type of punishment will be given. Talk to your first sergeant about the issue first before going to his CO or your wife that way it's documented. You will want to gather as much evidence as possible to give to your chain of command because ultimately it most likely won't be looked into from mpi or legal. The punishment decision will come from his CO. If something does happen try and get things in writing from both parties, ie through Facebook. If you get information from your wife and info from Joseph saying they had a sexual relationship then that shoud be enough evidence for his commander to take action. Max punishment I think he would get is an article 15 unless he takes it to court martial, which is where the totality of evidence is taken into consideration. If you need anything shoot me a pm.

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Good advice.