QUESTIONS FOR NBC4 WASHINGTON SURVEY
Answered by Deidre Forster, state public affairs officer, Wyoming National Guard
1.
Do you rely on civilian law enforcement to investigate and prosecute sexual
assault cases against members of your Guard unit?
Yes.
2.
Does your state UCMJ have any specific language regarding investigating or
prosecuting sexual assault cases? If so, please provide some details or the specific
statute.
No. Our state adopted the federal UCMJ and the Manual of Military CourtsMartial by statute – Wyoming Statutes §19-12-101.
3.
Does your state UCMJ allow you to do the equivalent of an Article 32 hearing
in the federal system? If so, under what circumstances?
Yes. Since our state adopted the Federal Manual of Military Courts-Martial we
can do an Article 32 hearing under the same circumstances as the active
duty military.
4.
Is there a statute of limitations for sexual assault against members of the
military? If so, what is the length?
No.
5.

When was your UCMJ last updated?
Our state UCMJ adopted the federal UCMJ, so it is updated when the federal
UCMJ is updated.

6.
Are you currently pursuing any changes to your UCMJ in relation to rape or
sex assault?
No.
7.
In the last five years, have you held a court martial as a result of a sexual
assault allegation within your Guard unit?
No.
8.
In the last five years, have you meted out any of the following punishments
resulting from a sex assault allegation made against a member of your unit?
GOMAR and/or letters or reprimand: No
Dishonorable Discharge: No – we typically use “other than honorable”
Other type of discharge (please specify):

 We have had three members in the past five years administratively separated
with an “other than honorable” discharge after their civilian criminal
conviction for various civilian sexual assault type crimes. We also currently
have one member pending administrative separation for a recent civilian
criminal conviction for a sexual assault type crime and one member pending
separation for conduct alleged as including sexual assault.
Forced resignation: No
Forced retirement: No
Other (please specify): n/a
9.
What would your Guard unit like, that you do not have now, to help you
combat sexual assaults?
none
10. Anything else you would like to tell us about how your Guard unit investigates
and prosecutes sexual assault cases?
We take sexual assault seriously and work with the appropriate authorities to
ensure cases are prosecuted and appropriately dealt with.