On 30 July 2026, at a special court-martial convened at Fort Sill, OK, SFC Stephen A. Gutierrez, U.S. Army, was convicted by a military judge, pursuant to his pleas, of one specification of failure to obey a lawful general regulation and one specification of a prohibited act with specially protected junior member of the armed forces in violation of Articles 92 and 93a, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced the accused to be confined for 30 days, to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge, and to be reduced to grade of E-5. The sentence was consistent with the terms of the plea agreement.