On 24 May 2024, at a general court-martial convened at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, PFC Bryant M. Natividad, U.S. Army, was convicted by a military judge, contrary to his plea, of one specification of viewing child pornography in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. The accused was acquitted of one specification of wrongful possession of child pornography, one specification of wrongful distribution of child pornography, and one specification of wrongful possession of obscene visual depictions of the sexual abuse of children in violation of Article 134 (incorporating 18 U.S. Code ยง 1466A), UCMJ. The military judge sentenced the accused to be reduced to the grade of E-1, to be confined for 9 months and to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge.
