Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 4:15 p.m. EST on November 11, 2025, to reflect new information from official court filings and witness statements.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sergeant Major Daniel Paul Deen, 41, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is scheduled to face a General Court-Martial at Fort Bragg on November 13, 2025, following multiple domestic violence convictions in civilian court and new assault and family abuse charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Deen’s case, U.S. v. SGM Daniel P. Deen, is being prosecuted under the 82nd Airborne Division’s jurisdiction. Court documents show five specifications under Article 128b, which covers domestic violence and assault against family members or intimate partners, and one specification under Article 115, related to communicating threats.
According to charge sheets and case filings, three of the five Article 128b charges involve assaults against Ms. Julia Bailey, described as Deen’s intimate partner at the time of the incidents. The charges allege that Deen slapped and struck Bailey on multiple occasions between September 2024 and February 2025 while stationed at or near Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
In a sworn statement provided to The Salty Soldier, Bailey confirmed she is the victim named in the court-martial. She stated that on the evening of September 7, 2024, during an argument, Deen struck her across the face, resulting in a black eye and a swollen, split lip. She said she attempted to escape through a bathroom window after Deen took her phone and blocked her from leaving the house. Bailey said she later ended the relationship and reported the incident to authorities in October 2024.
The fourth and fifth Article 128b specifications stem from separate allegations of physical abuse involving a disabled child within Deen’s family, based on a forensic interview conducted at the Fayetteville Child Advocacy Center. The report, dated July 2, 2024, includes statements that Deen allegedly pushed the child off a chair and struck the child in the face. These incidents reportedly led to an MP investigation and the loss of Deen’s custodial rights over his children.
Additionally, under Article 115, Deen is accused of threatening to damage or destroy Bailey’s property by setting her possessions on fire in October 2024.
Before the current court-martial proceedings, Deen was convicted in May 2025 in Cumberland County District Court of two counts of assault on a female, both involving another victim, Samantha Tice, of Monroe, North Carolina.
Court records indicate that the assaults occurred in May and August 2019, during which Deen punched Tice in the face, pushed her down, and placed his hands around her throat. He received a conditional discharge, with up to two years of unsupervised probation, court-ordered anger management, substance abuse counseling, and domestic violence intervention programs.
A Domestic Violence Certificate of Completion was filed in June 2025 confirming his participation in at least one program. If he completes the terms of probation by May 2026, the state charges may be dismissed; otherwise, the court can enter judgment and sentence him on the original convictions.
Records obtained from Hillsborough County, Florida, show Deen was previously arrested on June 4, 2012, by the Tampa Police Department for battery – domestic violence. At the time, he was a 27-year-old U.S. Army Ranger stationed in Georgia. The charge was listed under Florida Statute BATT1102 (1M). Court records indicate the case was later dismissed, but it remains part of his documented criminal history.
Public records also show that Deen faced several misdemeanor charges in the early 2000s, years before his Army career began.
In 2003, he was charged in New Hanover County with misdemeanor larceny and injury to real property, both of which were later dismissed by prosecutors. That same year, in Watauga County, he pleaded guilty to issuing a worthless check, paid restitution, and satisfied the court’s judgment in full.
Bailey told The Salty Soldier that she personally notified Deen’s brigade leadership about the assaults and alleged child abuse but said “nothing was done.” She also said his unit failed to act even after a warrant for Deen’s arrest was issued in early 2025 for missing a civilian court appearance related to the Samantha Tice case.
A source close to the investigation, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, told The Salty Soldier that Deen has already accepted a plea agreement ahead of his scheduled court-martial. According to the source, the agreement would allow him to retire from the Army but would include a reduction in rank to Master Sergeant (E-8) and an unspecified period of confinement as part of the deal. This information has not been independently verified, and Army officials have not confirmed any plea agreement in the case.
Deen’s court-martial is scheduled to begin at 0900 on November 13, 2025, at the Fort Bragg Courthouse, before a military judge alone. If convicted under Article 128b, he could face confinement, demotion, forfeiture of pay, a dishonorable discharge, and federal firearm restrictions tied to domestic violence convictions.
At the time of publication, Sergeant Major Deen remains presumed innocent of all pending military charges until a verdict is rendered.
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