Military officials revealed on Monday that a Canadian general and an enlisted woman have been charged for their alleged affair.

Canwest News Service has reported that Brig. Gen. Daniel Menard, who led Canadian forces in Afghanistan until May when the affair was revealed, was charged with two counts of "conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline, one count of obstructing justice and another count of conduct violating good order and discipline.

Master Cpl. Bianka Langlois, an eight-year veteran who had been a clerk in the joint task force headquarters in Afghanistan, was charged with one count of conduct violating good order and discipline.

Menard and Langlois could be dismissed "with disgrace" if convicted on the good order and discipline charge. The obstruction of justice count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, said Maj. Paule Poulin, spokeswoman for the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service.

Menard will defend himself "to the fullest extent," Lt. Col. Troy Sweet, the 42-year-old married general's lawyer, told Canwest.

Sweet said, "We have no doubts that things will work out in Gen. Menard's favor."

An official with the Office of the Judge Advocate General said Langlois has the option of having her case heard in a summary trial or before a court-martial. Menard faces a court-martial because of his rank.

Canwest further reported that Menard was found guilty this year by a military court for negligent use of his rifle in Kandahar and fined $3,500. (With Inputs from Agencies)