WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is investigating allegations of misbehavior by three service members during President Donald Trump's trip to Asia earlier this month. 
 
 The Washington Post reports that the Army personnel are under investigations for claims they broke curfew and had improper contact with foreign women during Trump's stop in Vietnam. 
 
 Chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana W. White has confirmed to The Associated Press that "the incident is under investigation." 
 
 The Post reports that the Army noncommissioned officers worked for the White House Communications Agency, which helps ensure that the president and other officials have secure communications systems. The three service members, who have been reassigned, could lose their security clearances and face other disciplinary actions. 

 Image copyright AFP Image caption The incident reportedly took place in Vietnam during President Trump's tour of Asia 
 
 Three members of the US military had improper contact with foreign women during President Trump's tour of Asia, US media report. 
 
 They have reportedly been reassigned from their jobs at the White House following the incident, which is said to have happened in Vietnam. 
 
 The Washington Post says the personnel worked for a unit that provides the White House with secure communications. 
 
 The Pentagon is investigating the incident. 
 
 The service members are alleged to have broken their curfew during the trip to Vietnam, which was part of the president's recent 12-day tour of Asia. 
 
 If the personnel are found guilty of having improper contact with foreign women they could lose their security clearances or face further disciplinary procedures. 
 
 Four other military personnel from the same unit, the White House Communications Agency, are currently under investigation for allegedly taking foreign women into a secure area during a trip to Panama in August. 

 President Trump and Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang participate in a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi on Nov. 12. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) 
 
 Three military personnel have been reassigned from their White House jobs amid allegations that they had improper contact with foreign women while traveling with President Trump on his recent trip to Asia, according to officials familiar with the situation. 
 
 The service members worked for the White House Communications Agency, a specialized military unit that helps provide the president, vice president, Secret Service and other officials with secure communications. 
 
 The military is scrutinizing three Army noncommissioned officers who allegedly broke curfew during Trump’s trip to Vietnam this month, officials said. 
 
 Mark Wright, a spokesman for the Defense Department, confirmed that the Pentagon is examining the behavior of personnel during the visit to Vietnam. 
 
 “We are aware of the incident, and it is currently under investigation,” Wright said. 
 
 The Post's Ishaan Tharoor looks at what President Trump accomplished on his trip to Asia. (Jason Aldag,Ishaan Tharoor/The Washington Post) 
 
 If found guilty, the service members face the risk of losing their security clearances or could be subject to administrative discipline or courts-martial. 
 
 Trump visited Vietnam as part of a 12-day swing through Asia. 
 
 The episode comes after four military personnel on the same White House team faced allegations related to their behavior during a trip to Panama in August with Vice President Pence. 
 
 Those men — two from the Army and two from the Air Force — stood accused of taking foreign women after hours into a secure area as they were preparing for Pence’s arrival, officials said. 
 
 They were flown home before Pence arrived and stripped of their White House assignments pending the findings of the investigation, officials said. 
 
 Army Col. Amanda I. Azubuike, a military spokeswoman, said an investigation into the Panama case has been closed and the findings forwarded to senior military officials for review. 
 
 She said she was not aware of the final conclusions or disciplinary action. 
 
 NBC previously reported that military members on the Panama trip had been removed from White House duty. 
 
 Service members with high-level security clearances are expected to report contacts with foreign individuals to ensure that their interactions do not compromise national security. 
 
 The mission of the White House Communications Agency is to prevent eavesdropping on presidential communications and to ensure that White House officials can be securely reached worldwide at a moment’s notice. 
 
 The agency is part of the White House Military Office, a team of technical personnel traveling worldwide to support presidential trips. The communications agency employs 1,200 staffers drawn from all branches of the military. Many of its personnel are assigned to White House duties on four-year tours. 
 
 Spokesmen for Trump and Pence declined to comment and referred questions to the office of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. 
 
 The alleged misconduct on back-to-back White House trips comes five years after a high-profile episode involving Secret Service agents on a presidential trip. 
 
 In April 2012, 13 Secret Service agents and officers were flown back to Washington from Cartagena, Colombia, after being accused of taking prostitutes back to their hotel rooms. The men were supposed to be preparing for President Barack Obama’s arrival for an economic summit in the seaside resort. Ten lost their jobs. 
 
 The scandal raised concerns that prostitutes had access to the agents’ rooms and possibly classified information about the president’s movements. The Secret Service director at the time, Mark Sullivan, testified to Congress that the episode was humiliating but said there was never a risk to the president.
– The Pentagon has confirmed it is investigating allegations that three service members on President Trump's Asia trip broke curfew and had what the Washington Post calls "improper contact" with women in Vietnam. Sources tell the Post that the Army noncommissioned officers have been reassigned from their White House roles while the allegations are investigated. The three were assigned to the White House Communications Agency, a specialized unit of 1,200 military staffers responsible for providing secure communications for the president and other White House officials. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White tells the AP that the incident is under investigation. The officers could end up losing their security clearances or even being court-martialed. The BBC notes that four personnel from the same unit were investigated over allegations they took foreign women into a secure area during Mike Pence's trip to Panama in August, though the military has not disclosed the outcome of the investigation.