The man arrested on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in late October of 2011 stood before a panel of eight military members there and received a sentence of 16 years in prison for his plot to sell government secrets to the Russian government late Monday.

24-year-old Army Specialist William Colton Millay, a military policeman, was charged and convicted of attempted espionage, failing to obey regulations, issuing a false statement, soliciting another to commit espionage and communicating national defense information. Millay pleaded guilty to those charges in March.

It was recommended that he receive 19 years in prison, but after reaching a plea agreement, he was ultimately given 16 years.

The man, who prosecutors called a white supremacist, with tattoos of two Nazi thunderbolts and the common spiderweb known to be worn by racists, attempted to sell information on the Warlock Duke jamming system employed by the military to what he thought was a Russian agent named Natalia, but who was in fact an undercover agent for the United States.

He met with the agent in September of 2011 at a local restaurant/hotel in Anchorage where he expressed his distain for the military then moved with the agent into her hotel room that was equipped with audio and video.

It was in that room that Millay was heard saying that he would supply the Russians with the Warlock Duke jamming system that the military uses to sweep for roadside bombs. He told the agent that he would be willing to re-enlist for a further five years if the Russians made it worth his while.

He reported his meeting to his superior in an attempt to throw off suspicion two days later and was interrogated over his contact. Authorities did not let on that they had the video and the audio of his conversation in the hotel.

After returning from leave a month later, Millay would contact the agent again and also drop information on the military’s system as well as information on the military’s F-22 stealth fighter into a garbage can at a park. Then, afterward Millay drove to a hotel parking lot where he picked up his reward for his deed. There, he picked up $3,000 and a disposable cell phone.

Millay was busted down to private at the proceedings at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and is required to forfeit all pay and allowances. He will receive credit for the 535 days that he has been in jail after his arrest.