by Judge Advocate Staff
8th Fighter Wing
12/5/2013 - KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- On
Nov. 12, 2013, a board of Kunsan officers and enlisted members
sentenced Airman First Class Kody Gonzalez, 8th Maintenance Squadron, to
a bad conduct discharge, four months confinement, forfeiture of $1010
pay each month for four months and reduction to airman basic for using
cocaine.
Gonzalez pled guilty to using cocaine while stationed at Seymour Johnson
Air Force Base, N.C. He admitted snorting a total of 10 lines of
cocaine over three occasions, including at a house party in October
2012, in a hotel room before a concert in December 2012 and at a house
party in February 2013.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, cocaine use can cause
euphoria, alertness and excitation, but also irritability, anxiety,
increased heart rate and insomnia. Long-term adverse health consequences
may include cardiac arrest, stroke and death.
"A1C Gonzalez will live with the lifelong stigma of a punitive
discharge," said Capt. Erin Kenny, 8th Fighter Wing trial counsel. "The
panel sent a powerful message to Kunsan Airmen on the consequences of
illegal drug use."
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