  In a signed sworn statement, which was admitted into evidence, the appellant
described how he and some friends, to include Staff Sergeant (SSgt) SF, met for drinks
on the evening of 24 November 2012. He and SSgt SF were texting earlier that evening,
and he knew she was upset. When they met at a mutual friend’s home, everyone in their
group had a shot of whiskey. They then went to Lucky’s Bar where more drinks were
consumed. The appellant bought SSgt SF three beers and another shot of whiskey. The
group then proceeded to another bar. After an altercation among friends at that second
bar, the appellant took SSgt SF back to his home. Although he initially wrote that they
engaged in consensual sexual activity, at the end of the statement he admitted “theconfirmed that she and the appellant were friends. She met the appellant
and some other friends for a night out on the town on 24 November 2012. They went to
two bars where she had alcoholic drinks, some of which the appellant purchased her.
After she and another friend had a verbal altercation, SSgt SF decided to go home. The
appellant offered to drive her home in his car. SSgt SF testified that after she entered the
appellant’s car for a ride home she experienced the following: “The heat hit me and at
that point, I was really tired and I just . . . the last thing that I remember was buckling my
safety belt in his car and the heat hit over me and I then, from that point, knocked out like
I was