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August 8, 2012

U.S. Air Force Trainer Gets 30 Days in Jail Amid Military Sex Scandal 
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A basic training instructor with the U.S. Air Force has been sentenced
to 30 days in jail after being convicted of improper sexual misconduct
amidst the worst military sex scandal in more than 15 years. Technical
Sgt. Christopher Smith is one of seven trainers at Lackland Air Force
Base in San Antonio, Texas, to be accused of sexual misconduct with
charges ranging from rape to fraternizing with female trainees. Smith
was convicted last week of seeking an intimate relationship with a
female trainee and fraternizing with another. He was acquitted of other
counts, including obstructing justice. In the most serious of the
charges stemming from the investigation, a military jury gave Staff Sgt.
Luis Walker a 20-year sentence last month for rape and sexual assault.

 

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