A former U.S. Army Master Sergeant convicted at a General Court-Martial of attempted sexual abuse of a child and four specifications of sexual abuse of a child has been granted clemency and mandatory supervised release — a development that has prompted renewed public reaction from individuals connected to the case.
Master Sergeant Joshua R. Jarvis, an E-8 assigned at the time to Charlie Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), was tried at a General Court-Martial convened by Headquarters, Southern European Task Force–Africa (SETAF-AF).
On April 14, 2023, a military judge sitting alone found Jarvis guilty and sentenced him to 38 months of confinement and a bad-conduct discharge. The Army Court of Criminal Appeals later affirmed both the conviction and the sentence.
According to official court-martial documents, the offenses occurred in Vicenza, Italy, between October and December 2021 and involved a child under the age of 16. Jarvis pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The charges included one specification under Article 80 (attempt) and four specifications under Article 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which addresses sexual offenses involving minors. The specifications involved unlawful sexual contact and indecent conduct directed toward a minor.
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Jarvis was found guilty of all five specifications.
The sentence totaled 38 months of confinement along with a punitive discharge. The record reflects that sex offender registration requirements apply and that the offenses are punishable by more than one year of confinement. There was no plea agreement limiting punishment in the case.
Despite the appellate affirmation of the conviction and sentence, Jarvis was later granted clemency and mandatory supervised release. According to a public statement from his former spouse, he was released on January 23, 2026, and is expected to return to Lawton, Oklahoma.
The conviction remains in place. The punitive discharge remains part of the sentence. The confinement portion of the sentence concluded prior to the full adjudged term due to release provisions.
On Wednesday, Brenda Westrom, Jarvis’s ex-wife, said in a public Facebook post that she had submitted a detailed victim impact statement urging authorities not to grant early release.
In that post, she described what she characterized as years of psychological abuse, coercion, manipulation, and intimidation during their relationship. She wrote about patterns of grooming and gaslighting that she believes allowed him to control narratives and isolate others, creating an environment where speaking out felt impossible.
“It did not change the outcome,” she wrote.
“I am grateful there was a conviction. But 38 months for crimes against a child — followed by early release despite multiple victim impact statements — does not feel like justice. It feels procedural.”
She added, “Joshua Jarvis is a convicted sex offender. That is not opinion. That is public record.”
In a separate public post, another woman who said she lived in the same apartment as Jarvis during the timeframe of the misconduct urged readers to review the court documentation themselves, emphasizing that the findings were adjudicated and later affirmed on appeal.
“This is not gossip. This is not drama. This is public record,” she wrote.
According to the court-martial record, the misconduct involved repeated sexual contact with a child under the age of 16, as well as intentional exposure conduct carried out for sexual gratification, across multiple dates in late 2021. Jarvis was convicted under Article 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, one of the most serious sexual offenses in the military justice system.
The military judge sentenced him to a punitive discharge and more than three years of confinement.
For the victims, the early release decision is what reopened wounds that had only begun to scar.
The conviction stands.
The appellate affirmation stands.
The official record stands.
What is now being questioned publicly is whether 38 months — followed by release before the full term was served — meaningfully reflects accountability for the sexual abuse of a child.
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