Army Courts-Martial With Article 107 and Article 92, 2021–2026

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Based on 34 cases · 2021–2026 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026

NCOs Made Up Most of the Accused

NCOs were 68% of the accused in these 34 cases. Officers were 18%, and junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) were 15%. Across all Army Article 107 cases, junior enlisted members were 42% of the accused, so this pairing involved more senior members than the wider group.

6 convicted officers or warrant officers appear in these records, and 4 of them were dismissed. Dismissal is the officer form of a punitive discharge.

Shorter Confinement Than Other Article 107 Cases

Of the 33 convictions, 58% included confinement. The median confinement was 2 months. In all Army Article 107 cases, the median was 5 months.

These are adjudged sentences. They are the terms announced at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each sentence covers every charge in the case, not only Article 107 and Article 92.

How the Sentence Lengths Break Down

Sentences of more than 1 year were given in 2 of 33 convictions (6%). Across Army Article 107 cases, the rate was 19%. Convictions with no confinement made up 42% here, compared with 27% in the wider group.

Terms under 6 months made up 45% of convictions, compared with 41%. Terms of 6 months to 1 year made up 6%, compared with 13%. Terms of more than 1 year but under 5 years and terms of 5 years or more were each 3% of convictions here.

Punitive Discharges for Enlisted Members

Of 27 enlisted members convicted, 10 received a bad-conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge (37%). In the rest of the Army, the rate was 60%. Only 1 of the 10 was a dishonorable discharge.

A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge for enlisted members. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not cover.

Contested Cases and Their Results

A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. Of 34 cases, 20 were guilty pleas and 14 were contested. The contested share was 41%, compared with 37% across Army Article 107 cases.

Of the 14 contested cases that reached a verdict, 1 ended in a full acquittal (7%). That is lower than the 18% for the Army as a whole. 12 contested cases (86%) ended in a partial acquittal: not guilty of at least one charge or specification but guilty of another. Army results list findings charge by charge, so partial acquittals are common in Army records.

Of the 20 guilty pleas, 17 are recorded with a plea agreement and 3 have no entry. The records show whether an agreement existed, not its terms.

Military Judge or Panel of Members

A military judge alone heard 24 cases. An enlisted panel heard 9, and an officer panel heard 1. Members heard 29% of these cases, compared with 21% in the rest of the Army. In contested cases, members heard 9 of 14 (64%).

The accused usually chooses whether a judge alone or a panel decides guilt. Most judge-alone cases are guilty pleas, so this split mostly follows how many cases were contested.

General and Special Courts-Martial

18 of the 34 cases were general courts-martial (53%), compared with 61% in the Army as a whole. The general courts-martial had a median confinement of 5 months, and 61% of them were contested. The 16 special courts-martial had a median confinement of 52 days, and 19% were contested.

Only a general court-martial can adjudge more than 1 year of confinement or a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial is capped at 1 year of confinement and can impose a bad-conduct discharge.

Other Charges, Years, and Installations

Besides Article 92, the most common other charges were Article 134 (general article) in 12 cases, Article 121 (larceny) in 6, Article 131b (obstruction) in 6, and Article 120 (sexual assault) in 4.

The cases were tried from April 2021 through September 2026. There were 10 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 4 in each of 2023 and 2024, 2 in 2025, and 5 in 2026, a partial year. Fort Knox had the most cases (6), followed by Fort Hood (4), Fort Bragg (4), Fort Wainwright (3), and Fort Riley (2). These five installations account for 56% of the cases. Larger installations try more cases of every kind.

What These Records Do Not Show

The records give trial dates, not offense dates. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute certain covered offenses, and new sentencing parameters apply to offenses after December 27, 2023. Because offense dates are missing, trials from 2024 on mix cases under old and new rules.

The records also do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. Cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation are not included.

For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see Article 107 on the law firm's website. Dates and sources for the law changes: UCMJ change timeline.

About the author. Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts Where All The Bodies Are Buried and runs the Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.