On 4 December 2024, at a general court-martial convened at Wheeler Army Airfield, HI, SGT Bernard W. Bright, U.S. Army, was convicted by a military judge, contrary to his pleas, of one specification of domestic violence and one specification of obstructing justice in violation of Articles 128b and 131b, UCMJ. The accused was acquitted of two specifications of assault in violation of Article 128, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced the accused to be confined for 3 months, to be reduced to the grade of E-1, and to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge.