          U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700310
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                          JOSEPH J. VARGO
   Cryptologic Technician Interpretive Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy
                              Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

     Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Leon J. Francis, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, Pearl Harbor,
                                  HI.
  Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Lieutenant Commander
                        Louis E. Butler, USN.
           For Appellant: Major David A. Peters, USMCR.
                 For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 23 March 2018
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    Before M ARKS , J ONES , and G ERDING , Appellate Military Judges
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   After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of
error, we affirm the findings and sentence as approved by the convening
authority. Art. 66(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c).


                                          For the Court



                                          R.H. TROIDL
                                          Clerk of Court
