Story highlights This conviction is the first time a jury has found an individual guilty for attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS, assistant AG says

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 47, is a former avionics instrument system specialist from New Jersey

In 2001, a co-worker reported that Pugh had expressed his sympathies for Osama bin Laden

(CNN) A U.S. Air Force veteran was found guilty by a jury in Brooklyn Federal Court on Wednesday for providing material support to ISIS, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, 47, a former avionics instrument system specialist from New Jersey, was found guilty of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of an official proceeding, according to the release.

This conviction is the first time a jury has found an individual guilty for attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS, according to Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin.

"Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh was willing to become a martyr, using his U.S. military training as a weapon for ISIL. Instead, found guilty of his crimes, he is facing a lengthy incarceration," said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Diego G. Rodriguez.

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