Ex-AFSOC Chief Sentenced to 10 Years
PHOTO CAPTION: Chief Master Sgt. Anthony W. Green served as command chief of Air Force Special Operations Command. Green was convicted Sept. 17, 2026, of indecent recording and offenses involving child sexual abuse material. He was sentenced to 10 years in confinement, a dishonorable discharge and reduction from E9 to E1. (U.S. Air Force photo)
A former top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command has been sentenced to 10 years in confinement, dishonorably discharged and reduced from chief master sergeant to airman basic after being convicted of offenses involving child sexual abuse material.
Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, the former command chief of Air Force Special Operations Command, was found guilty Sept. 17 at the conclusion of a four day general court martial at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
A military judge convicted Green of indecent recording and of producing, possessing and viewing child sexual abuse material.
The Air Force said the offenses involved one victim and occurred on or near Hurlburt Field.
Green was acquitted of a separate obstruction of justice charge.
The most serious punishment came from the production offense.
Green received 10 years in confinement for producing child sexual abuse material.
He also received two years each for indecent recording, possession and viewing. Those sentences will run concurrently, meaning his total confinement is 10 years rather than the individual terms being added together.
The judge also ordered Green reduced to Airman Basic, E1, the lowest enlisted grade in the Air Force.
Before the conviction, Green held the service's highest enlisted grade, Chief Master Sergeant, E9.
He also received a dishonorable discharge.
Green had previously occupied one of the most senior enlisted leadership positions in Air Force special operations.
He became the 11th command chief of Air Force Special Operations Command in May 2023. In that position, he served as the senior enlisted adviser for a command encompassing roughly 22,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian personnel.
Green entered the Air Force in September 1995 and spent roughly three decades in uniform.
His career included positions as an aircraft maintenance technician, flying crew chief, combat aviation adviser, maintenance superintendent and senior enlisted adviser.
His career at AFSOC ended before the criminal charges became public.
Lt. Gen. Michael Conley relieved Green of his command chief duties on April 14, 2025, citing a loss of confidence in his ability to perform his duties. The Air Force did not publicly detail the underlying investigation at that time.
Charges were later preferred against Green in November 2025 following an investigation by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
Those charges included indecent recording, obstruction of justice and offenses involving the production, possession and viewing of child sexual abuse material.
His trial began Sept. 14.
Green had pleaded not guilty before the military judge returned the verdict Sept. 17.
Local reporting from the trial said prosecutors accused Green of using hidden cameras to secretly record his stepdaughter in her bedroom. Green addressed the court before sentencing and asked the judge not to impose a dishonorable discharge, pointing to his decades of military service.
The judge ultimately imposed both the dishonorable discharge and the reduction to E1.
The Department of the Air Force Office of Special Trial Counsel prosecuted the case.
AFSOC said following the verdict that the command remains committed to protecting Airmen and maintaining good order and discipline.
(Source: OAF Nation)
