Airman sentenced in contraband court martial

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  • By Staff Sgt. Jerron Barnett and 2nd Lt. David Tomiyama
  • 33rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) --  A former 728th Air Control Squadron Airman here was sentenced to confinement for one year and dismissal from active duty in a general court martial May 20.

Maj. Gregory McMillion was found guilty on three of four charges: violating a lawful general order; failure to give notice and turn over to proper authority without delay captured or abandoned property; and wrongfully and dishonorably directing subordinates to help ship home the captured or abandoned property.

The charges are violations of Articles 92, 103 and 133 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He was found not guilty of giving an official statement with the intent to deceive, which is Article 107 of the UCMJ.

In the fall of 2003, 728th ACS Airmen unpacked several crates of contraband consisting of Iraqi AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, Iraqi uniforms, inert landmines, rifles, knives and bayonets. These items were found among mission equipment after their return from a seven-month deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

During court proceedings, witnesses said Major McMillion gave orders to 728th ACS Airmen to set the crates aside until he returned from the deployment.

Major McMillion chose to be tried by a military judge alone versus a trial by a panel of officers.

Military Judge Col. Ronald Gregory recommended a waiver of the automatic forfeitures of pay and allowances that is typically imposed when an Airman is dismissed from active duty or receives six months or more in confinement, said law officials here. Until action is taken on Major McMillion’s sentence by Maj. Gen. Robert Chedister, commander of the Air Armament Center and convening authority in this case, Major McMillion’s pay and allowances will be redirected to his dependents.