Heck, yes !
Threaten his income (suspension $$), his promotions (letter of discipline), his family( collateral damage),
his position in the community (cancel culture), his pension (future security).
Then we might as well admit that the U.S. military has devolved to the state of soldiers, airmen, and seamen of fortune, void of any conscience of “duty to the homeland”.
Another checkmark on the list of what makes a 3rd world country.
Next, with a possible draft, comes the choice of military service in exchange of expungement of prosecutorial records.
As it was during the Vietnam War.