> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Army False Official Statement Cases Against Officers: Outcomes and Sentences - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-officers/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:13:33.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:13:33.000Z - Description: The Army records show 19 courts-martial of officers charged with false official statement under Article 107, tried between April 2021 and May 2025. 42% were contested, compared with 37% in all Army Article 107 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 107, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 107](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-courts-martial/) › Officers **Short answer:** The Army records show 19 courts-martial of officers charged with false official statement under Article 107, tried between April 2021 and May 2025\. 42% were contested, compared with 37% in all Army Article 107 cases. 9 of the 18 convictions carried confinement, and the median term was 3 months, shorter than the 5 months for the offense overall. Based on 19 cases · 2021–2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Contested More Often Than the Offense Overall 11 officers pleaded guilty and 8 contested at least one charge. The contested share of 42% is higher than the 37% in all Army Article 107 cases. A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge, either fully or as part of a mixed plea. 10 of the 11 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement, and 1 has no entry. Army records say whether there was an agreement, not what it said. ## Confinement in 9 of 18 Convictions Of 18 convictions, 9 carried confinement. The median term was 3 months, compared with 5 months in all Army Article 107 cases. A quarter of the confinement terms were 6 months or longer. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each sentence covers every charge in the case. ## False Statements Were Charged With Other Offenses Every one of the 19 cases included at least one other article. The general article, Article 134, appeared in 8 cases and conduct unbecoming an officer under Article 133 in 7. Larceny under Article 121 and orders violations under Article 92 each appeared in 6 cases. Assault under Article 128 appeared in 4. ## Nearly All General Courts-Martial 17 of the 19 cases were general courts-martial (89%), compared with 64% in all Army Article 107 cases. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and, for an officer, a dismissal. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year. All 19 accused were officers, a more senior group than in all Army Article 107 cases. ## Who Decided Guilt? A military judge alone decided 14 cases. Members heard 22% of the cases with the forum listed, and all 4 were officer panels. No enlisted panel heard any of them. The accused usually chooses between a military judge alone and a panel of members. ## Cases by Year The busiest year was 2022, with 7 cases. The records show 4 in 2021, 4 in 2023, 1 in 2024, and 3 in 2025\. The services were required to begin publishing trial records under Article 140a by December 2020, and Army records in this data are sparse before 2021. ## Rule Changes and Record Limits Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel rather than commanders decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. When every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence under new sentencing parameters. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so trials from 2024 on include cases under both sets of rules. The records do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. They also leave out cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 107 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Army courts-martial tried 2021–2025 that charged officers and warrant officers under Article 107 (19 cases), compared with every Army Article 107 case. Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in [Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/), data updated October 24, 2026\. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: [how this data was built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com. ## Related Analysis - [Article 107 (False Official Statements): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-courts-martial/) (hub) - [What Happens to Army Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing False Official Statement Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-junior-enlisted/) - [NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 107 in the Army](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-ncos/) - [Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Charged Under Article 107 in the Air Force](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-107-junior-enlisted/) - [Army Article 107 Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-trend-2021-2025/) - [Fewer or More? False Official Statement Charges at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-107-trend-2016-2025/) - [Article 107 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) **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](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.