A U.S. Army sergeant assigned to the 554th Engineer Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, was convicted on May 1, 2025, of sexually abusing a child under the age of 12, following a general court-martial held at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Sergeant Daniel C. Millikan pleaded guilty—by exceptions and substitutions—to one specification of violating Article 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which covers the rape of a child. The offense occurred on or about December 27, 2021, in Germanton, North Carolina, and involved the intentional sexual touching of a child’s genitalia for the purpose of sexual gratification.
While the Army has not publicly confirmed the victim’s identity—as is typical in cases involving sexual abuse and minors—The Salty Soldier received an unverified tip alleging that the victim was Millikan’s own child.
Social media posts from Millikan’s wife indicate he returned from an eight-month deployment in 2020 to a daughter who had been born shortly before his departure. The couple later had a son, and now have two children in total.
During the court-martial, Millikan elected to be tried by a military judge alone. He was sentenced to 11 years of confinement, a reduction in rank from E-5 to E-1, and a dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Army. The sentence was consistent with the terms of a pretrial plea agreement, which capped the confinement between 10 and 15 years.
Millikan began his current enlistment in June 2021 and had served approximately eight years in total. He was not held in pretrial confinement. As a result of his conviction, he will be required to register as a sex offender and is now federally prohibited from owning or possessing firearms.
This case is one of many recent examples of servicemembers being convicted through the military justice system for crimes involving the sexual abuse of minors. Many of these cases are now prosecuted under the authority of the Office of Special Trial Counsel, which handles the military’s most serious offenses.
Millikan’s dishonorable discharge results in the complete forfeiture of all military benefits and carries the long-term consequences of a felony conviction in civilian life.
As of now, Army officials have not released further details, and no public statements have been made by Millikan’s family or legal representatives.
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