Yep, thats about the size of it in any military organisation. At the lower level you may get one warning when caught being deceptive, though even that will have an impact on your promotion. Get caught doing wrong, deception, deceit or anything that could bring the military to disrepute at a higher rank, your arse is grass for the remainder of your military history. These type of things in the military are where people sign, seal and deliver their maximum rank and much more. A solider may think they get away with something, but within a military environment spouses talk, and it always gets back to the chain of command eventually. This is why I would typically disagree that domestic violence is higher in the military here in Australia, but I have no idea about
America as domestic violence is on a much grander scale their than here.