DUI Court-Martial Published Jan. 23, 2009 By 319th Air Refueling Wing Legal Office GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- At a special court-martial conducted on Jan 9, a master sergeant assigned to the 319th Mission Support Group pled guilty to and was convicted of physically controlling a passenger car while drunk. Specifically, he drove a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck after consuming 12 beers on Oct 26. A civilian bystander called 911 when she witnessed his Silverado swerving all over the road. He was pulled over by a North Dakota Highway Patrol officer and found with an open container of beer in his vehicle. He was arrested and given a blood test. The alcohol content in his blood was .27 percent by weight, which is more than three times the legal limit of .08 percent in North Dakota. This was his third time driving under the influence of alcohol as a member of the Air Force, with the last incident occurring in 2006. For his latest misconduct, he was sentenced by a military judge to two months confinement, forfeitures of $1,000 of pay per month for two months, and reduction in grade to staff sergeant. He is presently serving his term of confinement in the Grand Forks County Correctional Center.