--- title: "Sergeant Responsible For Epic Humvee Free-Fall Fiasco Found Guilty" date: "2018-05-09" modified: "2018-05-09" authors: - name: "Adam Linehan" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/adamlinehan/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/sergeant-humvee-air-drop-guilty/" categories: - "Aircraft" - "Army" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "News" - "Tech & Tactics" - "United States" - "Vehicles" tags: - "justice" - "scandals" --- # Sergeant Responsible For Epic Humvee Free-Fall Fiasco Found Guilty ![]() The 173rd Airborne soldier charged with the spectacular destruction of three Humvees that plummeted from a C-130 Hercules during a 2016 training exercise in Germany in just been found guilty at court-martial of intentionally causing the mishap, the Army [announced]() on Wednesday. - **The charges:** 29-year-old Sgt. John Skipper, a scout with the 173rd’s 1st Battalion, 91st Cavalry Regiment, was convicted of destroying military property and giving a false official statement. - **The verdict:** The jury found that Skipper "intentionally cut parachute straps on three Humvees," [according]() to Stars and Stripes. Skipper was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and reduction in rank to private. He was facing a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. https://twitter.com/TheWTFNation/status/719858234048258048 &tfw\_site=taskandpurpose&ref\_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref\_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftaskandpurpose.com%2Fsoldier-laughed-viral-humvee-free-fall-video-received-reprimand%2F - **The context:** Skipper is the second soldier punished for his involvement in the incident, which occurred on April 11, 2016. A sergeant first class heard laughing in a famous video of the incident was punished with an administrative letter of reprimand. - **The video:** The video was uploaded to YouTube, where it's racked up more than 1.4 million views. And with good reason: A Humvee can run as much as $200,000, but footage of three of them plunging to their doom from a C-130 is priceless. See for yourself: