{"id":14999,"date":"2018-09-26T16:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T16:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/26\/navy-captain-pleads-guilty-at-court-martial\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:53:44","slug":"navy-captain-pleads-guilty-at-court-martial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/09\/26\/navy-captain-pleads-guilty-at-court-martial\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy captain pleads guilty at court-martial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Navy captain in the medical service corps pleaded guilty at a court-martial earlier this year to conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman for trying to obstruct the duties of a master-at-arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before his May plea deal, Capt. Paul C. Miller faced other charges, including assault, linked to a series of incidents last year, according to charge sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Aug. 20, 2017, Miller was accused of grabbing a master-at-arms 3rd class and placing the sailor in a choke hold, triggering the assault charge, according to the legal filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sole conduct unbecoming charge arose on the same day, when authorities accused Miller of being \u201cdisorderly in the presence of medical personnel\u201d as the 3rd class attempted to perform his duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller, 52, also faced a general article charge from Aug. 11, 2017, when his charge sheets alleged that the \u201coverindulgence of intoxicating liquor incapacitated\u201d him and prevented him from performing his duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of his special court-martial plea, a judge sentenced him to a reprimand, the loss of $14,088 in pay and 60 days of unspecified restriction, according to the Navy\u2019s Judge Advocate General\u2019s Corps<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t