Former AFSOC command chief gets 10 years for indecent images of child

A top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command was sentenced to 10 years in prison recently after being convicted of producing child sexual abuse material, the service said.

Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, a former AFSOC command chief, was convicted Thursday at the conclusion of a four-day general court-martial at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

A military judge found Green guilty of recording, possessing and viewing images of child sexual abuse, the command said in a statement. He was acquitted of a separate charge of obstructing justice.

Green, who received a dishonorable discharge, also was reduced in rank from chief master sergeant to airman basic.

The offenses involved one child and occurred on or near the base, which is the headquarters of AFSOC, according to the command statement.

Prosecutors accused Green of using cameras hidden in a bedroom of his home to secretly record a child, local media outlet Mid Bay News reported.

Green’s defense argued that he installed the cameras because of behavioral concerns, the news outlet reported.

At the trial’s conclusion, Green addressed the court and described his actions as an “enormous mistake,” according to Mid Bay News. He asked the judge not to impose a dishonorable discharge in recognition of his lengthy and decorated Air Force career.

The command said in its statement that it is committed to “maintaining good order and discipline to preserve the trust placed in us to execute our critical global missions.”