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performing duties as faculty or staff at entry level training facility or school relationships
should be professional and impartial, do not create the appearance of favoritism, and do not
detract from the professional image the USAF and USSF project. These members are subject
to discharge for misconduct for:
7.40.3.1. Engaging or attempting to engage in an unprofessional relationship with a
prospective member of the Armed Forces during recruiting, entry level processing, entry
level training, or initial skills training.
7.40.3.2. Engaging or attempting to engage in an unprofessional relationship with new
members during entry level processing, entry level training, or initial skills training.
7.40.3.3. Unprofessional Relationships Mandatory Discharge Processing. Discharge
processing must be initiated against a member identified in paragraph 7.40.3, for engaging
or attempting to engage in any of the following prohibited activities in paragraph
7.40.3.3.1 through paragraph 7.40.3.3.4 with a prospective member of the Armed Forces
or an USAF/USSF member undergoing entry level processing, entry level training, or
initial skills training. See paragraph 7.40.3.6 for procedural guidance. Covered enlisted
members will not:
7.40.3.3.1. Develop, or conduct a personal, intimate, or sexual relationship with a
prospective member, an applicant, or a recruit. This includes, but is not limited to,
dating, handholding, kissing, embracing, caressing, and engaging in sexual activities.
Prohibited personal, intimate, or sexual relationships include those relationships
conducted in person or via cards, letters, e-mails, telephone calls, instant messaging,
video, photographs, social networking, or any other means of communication.
7.40.3.3.2. Use grade or position, threats, pressure, or promise of return of favors or
favorable treatment to gain sexual favors from a recruit or trainee.
7.40.3.3.3. Make sexual advances toward, or seek or accept sexual advances or favors
from, a recruit or trainee.
7.40.3.3.4. Allow entry of any recruits or trainees into their dwelling. Note: See
Special Considerations section in AFI 36-2909 for exceptions related to command-
authorized programs, activities, and events.
7.40.3.4. Discharge processing may be initiated against a member identified in paragraph
7.30.3 for engaging or attempting to engage in the specific prohibited relationships and
activities contained in AFI 36-2909, with a prospective member of the USAF/USSF or an
USAF/USSF member undergoing entry level processing, entry level training, or initial
skills training not already addressed in paragraph 7.40.3.
7.40.3.5. Processing Procedures. Commanders must act promptly to initiate discharge
processing under this publication for the first substantiated violation of engaging or
attempting to engage in any of the following prohibited activities in paragraph 7.40.3.3.1
through paragraph 7.40.3.3.4 by a member covered under paragraph 7.40.3. (T-1) The
requirement to initiate administrative processing does not mean that the result of that
processing must be administrative discharge. The specific facts of each individual case
will determine whether administrative discharge is appropriate. There is no time limit for
initiating discharge action, and failure to do so does not at any time constitute a constructive