{"id":76317,"date":"2024-12-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/12\/23\/marine-gunner-has-awol-charges-tossed-gets-reprimand-for-statements\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:42:29","slug":"marine-gunner-has-awol-charges-tossed-gets-reprimand-for-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/12\/23\/marine-gunner-has-awol-charges-tossed-gets-reprimand-for-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine gunner has AWOL charges tossed, gets reprimand for statements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior Marine Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/12\/19\/how-an-unprecedented-shooting-study-may-shake-up-marine-marksmanship\/\" target=\"_blank\">weapons expert<\/a> who had a Navy Cross recipient and retired major general testify as character witnesses left his court-martial Friday night with a reprimand, having been convicted of one specification of issuing a false official statement and two related counts of conduct unbecoming an officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/12\/16\/marine-gunner-court-martialed-over-mattis-task-force-confusion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chief Warrant Officer Stephen LaRose<\/a> was acquitted on dereliction of duty and other false official statement charges, according to a sentencing sheet reviewed by Marine Corps Times. The most serious charges, unauthorized absence \u2014 equivalent to absent without leave \u2014 were tossed out early in the trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaRose, whose career bona fides include two years on the Close Combat Lethality Task Force spearheaded by then-Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/11\/06\/mattis-says-vets-at-jan-6-capitol-riot-dont-define-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Mattis<\/a>, two Bronze Stars and induction into the National Infantry Association\u2019s Order of St. Maurice, ended up at court-martial, he said, after an anonymous Marine Corps Inspector General complaint made allegations about how he\u2019d spent time on the job in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/12\/16\/marine-gunner-court-martialed-over-mattis-task-force-confusion\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2024-12-16-at-2.38.27-PM.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine gunner court-martialed over Mattis task force confusion<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Multiple generals have been asked to give statements or testify in LaRose\u2019s case, including former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaRose began his Dec. 17 court-martial at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, facing 15 charge specifications pertaining to unauthorized absence, dereliction of duty, false official statement and conduct unbecoming. All but five were removed by the judge, Lt. Col. Ryan Lipton, due to lack of evidence, or withdrawn at trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going into the court-martial, LaRose\u2019s civilian lawyer, Nathan Freeburg, told Military Times that LaRose, who\u2019d worked for multiple units while pursuing a medical retirement from the Marine Corps, hadn\u2019t received a fitness report from a supervisor since 2019, further complicating his work history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the allegations stemmed from the fact that he\u2019d accepted a role at the defense contractor ManTech and completed a few tasks for the company, including sending emails, while still in uniform. LaRose said he was on terminal leave at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaRose\u2019s three guilty findings from the three-day trial, delivered after an eight-member jury of officers deliberated for four hours, stem from five emails sent from his military account on behalf of the contractor, and a box he\u2019d checked on a legal form stating he hadn\u2019t received prior ethics advice from the Corps regarding his contracting work, when he had called a hotline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freeburg, who\u2019d said prior to the court-martial that he couldn\u2019t understand why LaRose, a combat-wounded \u201cwar hero,\u201d was being brought to trial over accusations better handled in an administrative setting, added after the verdict that he didn\u2019t believe the conviction would hold up in appellate court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there\u2019s a really good chance, frankly, that the three specs he was convicted of won\u2019t be found factually sufficient or legally sufficient on appeal,\u201d Freeburg said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A request for comment from the prosecuting attorney in LaRose\u2019s case did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who took the stand for LaRose as character witnesses during the trial included retired Maj. 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