AIRMAN ACQUITTED OF INSIDER ATTACK

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An American airman accused of attacking his fellow troops on a U.S. military outpost in Syria last year was acquitted of all charges March 15 at the end of an eight-day court-martial, a civilian attorney advising the defendant told Air Force Times. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Dezwaan, an enlisted explosive ordnance disposal technician with the active duty 775th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, was charged with three violations of military code: destruction of military property; reckless endangerment, and aggravated assault. The U.S. government argued that Dezwaan set up explosives that injured four service members - including himself - at Green Village, a small U.S. military base in northern Syria, in April 2022. The airman, who had served as his squadron's noncommissioned officer in charge of EOD equipment, was deployed as an explosives specialist at the time.