 The first court-martial trial of a general officer in the 75-year history of the United States Air Force has come to an end. Major General William T. Cooley, former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, was accused of one charge of sexual assault under Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice with three specifications. General Cooley was found guilty of abuse of sexual contact when he forcibly kissed the victim in a car on August 12, 2018. A military judge sentenced General Cooley to a reprimand and forfeiture of nearly $11,000 per month for five months. The imposition of a letter of reprimand and significant financial penalties is actually a very significant sentence, and so I think the military judge here did send a message that she was in fact taking this seriously, and there certainly could potentially have an impact on his retirement grade if he were to retire based on that letter of reprimand. And so this was by no means an insignificant punishment. To the contrary, it was actually a very significant punishment. During the nine-day trial, ten witnesses testified, including the victim, and hundreds of electronic messages were introduced as evidence. General Cooley himself did not testify. What I think it says to survivors of sexual assault is that they can feel safe to come forward and report what happened, that they don't have to be afraid of the status or the rank of the individual who offended against them, and that the Air Force will hear them, will take it seriously, will investigate it, and where appropriate will prosecute the individual who offended against them, again without fear or favor, and without regard to their rank or status. The Air Force case began in December 2019, when the victim and her spouse reported the assault to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Major General Cooley is very thankful for the judge's compassion here. It's been a very trying time for the better part of the last four years, and our intent here moving forward is to try and repair some relationships, both within the Cooley family and of course with the Air Force he's had an otherwise unblemished, more than three decade career. He's made significant contributions to our nation and our nation's security, both in the past, and going forward here. And so we're looking forward to repairing those relationships.