The acceptability of this depends on the severity of military punishment.
How often does an occupying army censure its soldiers for harming the people being occupied? The occupation is meant to be harmful.
The articles further report that the Army’s inquiry concluded that eighteen U.S. soldiers committed war crimes ranging from murder and assault to dereliction of duty. However, not one of the soldiers, even of those still on active duty at the time of the investigation, was ever court martialed in connection with the heinous crimes.