Editor’s Note: This article has been updated from its original publication to reflect additional records obtained by The Salty Soldier, including the referred charge sheet and clarification regarding the preservation of the Army’s official press release. Certain language has also been edited to comply with advertiser guidelines. An uncensored version of this report is available at TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com.
An Army press release announcing the prison sentence of Sgt. Maj. Joshua Prescott was removed from its original Army.mil webpage shortly after publication, raising questions about its availability. However, the release remains publicly archived through the Department of Defense’s official content distribution system.
After The Salty Soldier first published this article, the outlet requested and obtained a redacted copy of Prescott’s referred charge sheet directly from the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, as the document was not publicly available through military judicial databases at the time this story initially appeared.
Court records from Coffee County, Alabama, obtained by The Salty Soldier, further clarify how Prescott’s military and state cases were resolved and confirm that his state sentence was structured to run concurrently with his four-and-a-half-year military confinement.
Prescott, 42, was sentenced Feb. 9, 2026 by a military judge at Fort Rucker after pleading guilty at a General Court-Martial to secretly recording individuals — including a minor — inside his residence. The judge sentenced him to four and a half years of confinement and reduction to the rank of E-1.
According to the referred charge sheet, Prescott was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 223rd Aviation Regiment, 110th Aviation Brigade at the time the charges were referred. The charging documents reflect that prosecutors originally brought one specification related to the production of illicit visual material involving a minor under Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, one specification of attempted production under Article 80, three specifications of indecent recording, and one specification of attempted indecent recording. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Prescott pleaded guilty to two specifications of indecent recording, and the remaining charges were dismissed.
The Army’s official release states that the investigation began in July 2024 after the Enterprise Police Department received credible information that Prescott had secretly recorded a minor visiting his home in Enterprise, Alabama. In partnership with the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, investigators determined that Prescott placed a hidden recording device inside a guest bathroom at his residence, capturing female house guests in various stages of undress without their knowledge or consent. Investigators also discovered that while stationed in Colorado, he used his cellphone to secretly record a female house guest while she was in a private setting inside his residence. Authorities ultimately found that Prescott had accumulated hundreds of recordings over a 14-year period, though prosecutors were limited in charging older conduct due to statute of limitations constraints.
Although the original Army.mil webpage that initially carried the sentencing announcement is no longer accessible through its published link, the full release remains publicly archived through DVIDS, the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service.
Separate records from Coffee County Circuit Court show that on Nov. 25, 2025, Prescott pleaded guilty in Alabama state court to possession of obscene matter containing visual depictions of minors, a felony under Alabama Code § 13A-12-192(b). As part of that plea agreement, more serious production-related charges were dismissed at the state level.
The Alabama court sentenced Prescott to one year and one day in the Alabama Department of Corrections. That sentence was fully suspended, and Prescott was placed on two years of supervised probation. The sentencing order specifies that the state sentence is to run concurrent with the military confinement.
In practical terms, Prescott will not serve additional prison time in Alabama beyond the four-and-a-half-year military sentence. Instead, the state conviction runs alongside the military confinement, and upon release he will be subject to Alabama probation supervision and sex offender registration requirements.
The Alabama proceedings clarify how the dual prosecutions were structured: the Army handled the broader criminal conduct through a General Court-Martial, while the state secured a felony possession conviction and structured its sentence to run concurrently rather than extend Prescott’s incarceration beyond the military term.
With the production-related charge dismissed in state court and the state prison term suspended, Prescott’s effective period of incarceration appears tied solely to the sentence imposed by the Army.
The Salty Soldier has also requested additional court-martial documents, including the Statement of Trial Results and Entry of Judgment, to confirm final sentencing documentation and appellate status.
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