---
title: "Army Sergeant Faces Court-Martial For Allegedly Calling Fellow Soldier Fat, Pointing Gun At Another"
description: "A U.S. Army sergeant faces up to a year imprisonment and a bad paper discharge for, among other things, repeatedly calling one soldier fat and pointing an unloaded sidearm at another"
date: "2019-01-09"
modified: "2019-01-09"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-sergeant-court-martial-fat/"
categories:
  - "Army"
  - "Around the World"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
  - "United States"
tags:
  - "justice"
  - "women in military"
---

# Army Sergeant Faces Court-Martial For Allegedly Calling Fellow Soldier Fat, Pointing Gun At Another

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A U.S. Army sergeant faces up to a year imprisonment and a bad paper discharge for, among other things, repeatedly calling one soldier fat and pointing an unloaded sidearm at another, according to a batshit insane Stars & Stripes [report](<https://www.stripes.com/news/sergeant-on-trial-on-charges-related-to-calling-soldier-fat-pointing-unloaded-weapon-at-another-1.563555>).

- According to prosecutors, Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Barboza allegedly in dereliction of duty after she reportedly pointed a 9mm pistol at another sergeant while participating in marksmanship training near Allied Joint Force Command Naples, telling the sergeant, "stay still so I can find my sight picture."
- Barboza also allegedly engaged in maltreatment by "repeatedly calling a specialist fat in front of other soldiers," [according](<https://www.stripes.com/news/sergeant-on-trial-on-charges-related-to-calling-soldier-fat-pointing-unloaded-weapon-at-another-1.563555>) to Stars & Stripes.
- In addition, she allegedly "committed disrespect of a noncommissioned officer when she touched the hair of an African-American staff sergeant and made a derogatory comment," [according](<https://www.stripes.com/news/sergeant-on-trial-on-charges-related-to-calling-soldier-fat-pointing-unloaded-weapon-at-another-1.563555>) to Stars & Stripes.
- Barboza was offered nonjudicial punishment and declined, her defense attorney told the publication, because "she did not believe she was going to get a full and fair hearing."

### SEE ALSO: You Have To Read This Cringeworthy Memo Banning American Soldiers In Germany From Having Sex

## Author
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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