On 9 June 2021, at a general court-martial convened at Fort Benning, Georgia, SSG Aeryn O. Arrowsmith, United States Army, was convicted by a military judge, pursuant to his pleas, of thirteen specifications of child abuse and two specifications of animal abuse in violation of Articles 128 and 134. Contrary to his pleas, the accused was convicted by a military judge of one specification of child abuse in violation of Article 128, UCMJ. The accused was acquitted of one specification of assault consummated by a battery upon his spouse in violation of Article 128, UCMJ. The military judge sentenced to accused to be reduced to the grade of E-4 and to be confined for 150 days.