The successful test of the maritime JDAM represents a significant step forward in the Air Force's ability to sink a ship, at a time when concerns are growing about the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
The chief trial counsel described the sentence as a win for the military justice system, and said the court-martial should prove to sexual assault survivors that their attackers would be held accountable, no matter their rank.
“[I] kissed you in an uninvited way … for my own selfish ego,” Maj. Gen. Bill Cooley said in a written apology from 2018 that the prosecution cited in court.