Air Force Training Instructor Guilty In Sex Case

From the My San Antonio: Staff Sgt. Luis A. Walker, the boot camp instructor at the center of the worst Air Force basic training sexual misconduct scandal in history, was found guilty of all counts Friday.
Standing at attention and flanked by his defense team, Walker stood expressionless as Col. Michael A. Romero, the president of the jury, pronounced him guilty of seven charges and 28 specifications of misconduct. Walker was red-eyed, with tears streaming down his face, as he left the court.
In a basement room of the 37th Training Wing headquarters building at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, a group of Walker's victims also broke into tears. After hearing the pronouncements of several guilty verdicts, one woman collapsed, and others embraced her and each other on the floor. After the last specification was read, they consoled one another, sobbing, with some hugging.
“I think you define a victory by a win, and I'm not sure that any of us win when we have a situation like this,” said Col. Polly Kenny, an Air Force lawyer. “I doubt that even the victims feel like it's a victory. I'm sure that they feel vindicated somewhat that they were believed.”
Walker left the courthouse with his wife and family, perhaps spending his last night as a free man, after the judge, Col. Wesley Moore, ordered a pause in the proceedings.

He'll be sentenced today. He faces up to 20 years each on six aggravated sexual assault specifications and life for rape.

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This is just the tip of the iceberg as several more T.I.'s are going to be going to trial for sexual abuse of female recruits.

These cases are no different as a teacher sexually abusing a student, perhaps even worse.  The abuse happened during basic training, when recruits are mentally broken down and then built up to do things the Air Force way.

Besides the female recruits being abused, the thug T.I. also hurt his family as well.  It is quite possible that if they are receiving base housing, the family will be kicked out and if the wife didn't have a job, it is possible the wife will have to get a job or go on welfare because the T.I. thug couldn't keep it in his pants.

As a former member of the Air Force and graduate of Lackland, I am ashamed that this happened, but I am also glad the Air Force is taking the situation seriously.  When I was there, there were many good T.I.'s there, I just wonder what went wrong with these thugs who are accused and their peers who worked with them and the supervision of the thug T.I.s..