LAJES FIELD, Azores -- A senior airman assigned to the 65th Communications Squadron here was convicted by special court-martial Jan. 22 of wrongful distribution of marijuana in the hashish form and making a false official statement.

Senior Airman Tanya Saltis pled guilty to the charge of making a false official statement and not guilty to two charges of wrongful distribution.

Maj. Adam Oler, the military judge, sentenced Airman Saltis after a trial by military judge alone to a reduction in rank to E-1, 100 days confinement to be served at the Army detention center in Mannheim, Germany, and a bad-conduct discharge.

Airman Saltis faced a maximum of one-year confinement, a bad-conduct discharge, reduction in rank, a fine, and forfeitures of pay.

The case will be reviewed by the special court-martial convening authority, Col. Robert Winston, the 65th Air Base Wing commander, for possible mitigation.