Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-851: Prohibited activities by person in position of special trust

(a) An officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a training leadership position if he or she: (1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces; and (2) Engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces. (b) A military recruiter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a position as a military recruiter if he or she engages in prohibited sexual activity with: (1) An applicant he or she is recruiting to enlist in military service; or (2) A specially protected junior member of the armed forces who enlisted under a delayed entry program. (c) Consent is not a defense for any prohibited conduct at issue in a prosecution under this section. Added by Act 2019, No. 211,§ 22, eff. 2/26/2019.

(a) An officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a training leadership position if he or she: (1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces; and (2) Engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces.

(1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the armed forces; and

(2) Engages in prohibited sexual activity with the specially protected junior member of the armed forces.

(b) A military recruiter shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a position as a military recruiter if he or she engages in prohibited sexual activity with: (1) An applicant he or she is recruiting to enlist in military service; or (2) A specially protected junior member of the armed forces who enlisted under a delayed entry program.

(1) An applicant he or she is recruiting to enlist in military service; or

(2) A specially protected junior member of the armed forces who enlisted under a delayed entry program.

(c) Consent is not a defense for any prohibited conduct at issue in a prosecution under this section.