On 11 June 2026, at a general court-martial convened at Fort Wainwright, AK, SSG Shawn L. Bourke, U.S. Army, was convicted by a military panel composed of officers and enlisted members, contrary to his pleas, of two specifications of possession of child pornography and two specifications of viewing child pornography in violation of Article 134, UCMJ.  The military judge sentenced the accused to be reduced to the grade of E-1, to be confined for 10 months, and to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge.