A military judge sentenced SSgt. Craig Leblanc to 30 months of confinement and a reduction in rank to airman basic, plus he will be dishonorably discharged, for sexual misconduct while he was a military training instructor at JBSA-Lackland, Tex., announced base officials. The judge of Leblanc’s general court-martial on Feb. 14 found Leblanc guilty of two specifications of making false official statements; one specification of obstructing justice; three specifications of violating lawful no-contact orders; one specification of absenting himself without leave; one specification of “maltraining” basic trainees; one specification of committing adultery on multiple occasions; one specification of wrongfully seeking to develop a personal, intimate, and sexual relationship with a basic trainee; and one specification of wrongfully attempting to develop a personal social relationship with a technical training student. The court found him not guilty of a specification of aggravated sexual assault, according to Lackland’s Feb. 15 release. Leblanc’s case was the eighth court-martial resulting from sexual misconduct by former MTIs at Lackland. (See also Making a Difference.)
The Pentagon’s new counter-drone task force will play a direct role in arming Airmen with new weapons to defend Air Force agile combat employment, or ACE, air bases in austere locations against enemy drone attacks, the director of Joint Interagency Task Force 401 said Oct. 14.
