BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An American soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in military prison on child pornography charges, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

At a general court-martial Monday at Baghdad's Camp Victory, Army Pvt. James R. Bickerstaff pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography and communicating indecent language to a child under 16.

Bickerstaff also received a bad-conduct discharge.

The soldier was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August 2006 when he "engaged in a discussion with a 12-year-old girl in an attempt to initiate physical contact of a sexual nature," the military said.

In April and May, he downloaded pornographic videos to a personal laptop and an iPod and attempted to download child pornography, the military said.

Bickerstaff is with Charlie Company, 1-16th Infantry Battalion, 787th Combat Service Support Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group, at Al Asad Air Base. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

This is terrible, and whats worst is how the press put his unit, pin pointed down to the company out on the stage like that. Imagine what that chain of command is going through....

It's always Charlie company. A few years back they had to eliminate 1 of the 4 line companies. They chose to redesignate Delta as Charlie and Charlie was split up because they had all the problem children.

The 16th is already famous for Tim McVeigh, here's another face for the wall.

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CNN) -- An American soldier in Iraq has been sentenced to two years in military prison on child pornography charges, the U.S. military said Tuesday

As I've always said the Army can only mold a POS so much but in the end we can't make them better people if they are garbage we can just mask the smell.