Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Lundberg at the Peace Support Operations Training Center in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Feb. 23, 2022. Lundberg pleaded guilty to assault and sexual harassment charges for crimes committed in Bosnia and was sentenced Sept. 26, 2023, at a trial in Kaiserslautern, Germany, to jail time, a bad conduct discharge and reduction in rank to specialist.

(Peace Support Operations Training Center)

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — An Army senior enlisted leader who pleaded guilty to assault and sexual harassment charges will serve 30 days in jail and was sentenced Tuesday to a discharge at a much lower rank.

Joseph Lundberg committed the crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina last year while he served as command sergeant major of NATO headquarters Sarajevo.

Under the terms of a plea deal and sentencing by military judge Col.

Charles Pritchard, Lundberg will end his 30-year career as an E-4 with a bad conduct discharge. He was sentenced to five 30-day jail terms for each of the counts he pleaded guilty to but will serve those sentences concurrently.

Lundberg pleaded guilty to two counts of assault that stemmed from a drunken evening at a bar at Camp Butmir, where the NATO headquarters is located.

He admitted to snapping a female colleague’s bra strap and making an inappropriate comment while at the bar.

Later that night, another acquaintance who lived off base was too intoxicated to go home and instead went to Lundberg’s quarters to sleep. While she was there, Lundberg touched her breasts without consent.

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