Army Col. Jon Meredith, who is assigned to Fort Cavazos, Texas, will face a court-martial on two counts of conduct unbecoming of an officer, according to Army officials. (U.S. Army)

AUSTIN, Texas — The court-martial of a former brigade commander at Fort Cavazos will not begin next week as planned after the judge in the case granted more time to the colonel’s attorneys to prepare following the dismissal of a sexual misconduct charge.

Col. Jon Meredith faces two counts of conduct unbecoming of an officer that were previously connected to the charge of abusive sexual contact. However, Lt. Gen. Sean Bernabe, commander of III Corps and Fort Cavazos, on Sept. 11 .

“We will use the time granted by the continuance to continue preparations for a trial that shouldn’t even be happening,” said Sherry Bunn, Meredith’s defense attorney and a former Army lawyer.

“In the wake of the government’s dismissal of the abusive sexual contact charge — one that shouldn’t have been referred in the first place — I’m questioning the need for a general court-martial for a charge that should be addressed at a more appropriate level of disposition.

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