UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, Syria —Army Sgt. Matthew Butler is an Army Reservist from Virginia who is currently deployed to an undisclosed location in Syria in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. He recently learned his wife is apparently cheating on him when he saw her and his children appearing with a local Congressional candidate in a political ad, sources confirmed today.

“To say I was flabbergasted is an understatement,” said Butler, a 32-year-old Civil Affairs Specialist. “We all hear horror stories about Jody and Dear John letters, but I saw this on a campaign ad. I mean, what the fuck?”

Butler was in a makeshift Morale, Welfare, and Recreation hut checking emails when he came across a campaign ad for Derrick Anderson, a Republican congressional candidate in Virginia, that featured Butler’s wife and three children. A spokesperson for the campaign noted that the candidate is engaged, and the family in the photograph is relatives of a close friend.