On 12 December 2024, at a general court-martial convened at Fort Liberty, NC, SGT Christopher M. Vassey, U.S. Army, was convicted by a military judge, pursuant to his plea, of one specification of desertion in violation of Article 85, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced the accused to be reduced to the grade of E-1 and to be discharged from the service with a dishonorable discharge. As part of an offer to plead guilty, the pretrial agreement limited the discharge to a bad-conduct discharge.