> ## 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. # How Much Confinement for an Article 108 Conviction in the Army? - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-108-sent-2021-2025/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:33:47.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:05:20.000Z - Description: Army convictions under Article 108, which covers selling, damaging, losing, or wrongfully disposing of military property, numbered 25 from 2021–2025. Confinement was part of 92% of sentences. The median confinement was 5 months, compared with 6 months across all Army convictions. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 108, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 108](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-108-courts-martial/) › How Much Confinement for an Article 108 **Short answer:** Army convictions under Article 108, which covers selling, damaging, losing, or wrongfully disposing of military property, numbered 25 from 2021–2025\. Confinement was part of 92% of sentences. The median confinement was 5 months, compared with 6 months across all Army convictions. Only 12% of cases were contested, compared with 21%. Based on 25 cases · 2021–2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## A Small Group of Military Property Convictions This post covers Army courts-martial that ended in a conviction under Article 108\. The offense concerns military property of the United States, such as equipment, weapons, or supplies. The records hold 25 such convictions, tried from February 2021 to August 2025\. By year, there were 10 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 3 in 2023, 5 in 2024, and 3 in 2025\. With a group this small, a single case can change a percentage noticeably. The comparisons below show general patterns, not precise rates. ## Confinement in Almost Every Sentence Confinement was part of 92% of the 25 sentences. The median confinement was 5 months, compared with a 6-month median across all Army convictions. A quarter of terms were 9 months or longer. Terms of 6 months to 1 year were more common: 32% of convictions here, compared with 16% Army-wide. Terms of more than one year were less common: 3 of 25 convictions (12%), compared with 28%. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and each covers every charge in the case. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Army convictions in those years | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------ | | No confinement | 2 | 8% | 17% | | Under 6 months | 12 | 48% | 39% | | 6 months to 1 year | 8 | 32% | 16% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 2 | 8% | 20% | | 5 years or more | 1 | 4% | 8% | ## Usually Charged With Larceny Article 108 was rarely the only charge. In 20 of the 25 cases, at least one other article was charged. The article most often charged with it was Article 121 (larceny), in 9 cases. Next were Article 134 (the general article), Article 128 (assault), and Article 81 (conspiracy) in 5 each, and Article 92 (orders violation) in 3. A sentence covers the whole case, so the confinement and discharge figures include the other charges as well as the military property conviction. ## Every Guilty Plea Came With an Agreement Of the 25 cases, 22 were guilty pleas and 3 were contested, meaning the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share of 12% is lower than the 21% across all Army convictions. All 22 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement. Army records say whether an agreement existed, not what it said, so any sentence limits in those agreements are not visible here. The adjudged sentences reported above may differ from the time actually served. ## No Panels at All A military judge alone decided all 25 cases. Members decided 0%, compared with 12% across all Army convictions. The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. Most judge-alone cases are guilty pleas, and 22 of these 25 cases were guilty pleas. ## Punitive Discharges Were Slightly Less Common A punitive discharge was part of 67% of enlisted convictions: 14 bad-conduct discharges and 2 dishonorable discharges. Across all Army convictions, the share was 73%. The records include 1 convicted officer or warrant officer, and 0 were dismissed. A dismissal is the officer equivalent of a punitive discharge. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## NCOs Made Up the Largest Group NCOs were 52% of the accused, junior enlisted soldiers (E-1 to E-4) 44%, and officers 4%. Across all Army convictions, junior enlisted soldiers were 57%. This group was more senior. By court level, 16 cases were general courts-martial and 9 were special courts-martial. The general court-martial share of 64% is lower than the 72% across all Army convictions. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year. ## Where the Cases Were Tried Fort Benning and Fort Campbell had 4 cases each, followed by Joint Base Lewis-McChord (3), Fort Leonard Wood (3), and Fort Riley (2). Together they accounted for 64% of the 25 cases. Larger installations try more cases of every kind, so these counts do not mean a base has a particular problem. ## Limits and Rule Changes Rule changes apply to some of these trials. For covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder, special trial counsel have made the decision to prosecute since December 28, 2023\. When every guilty finding in a case is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so trials from 2024 on include cases under the old rules and the new rules. The records also do not show the evidence, the value of the property, the plea terms, or cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation. Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Army courts-martial tried 2021–2025: ending in a conviction under Article 108 (military property) (25 cases), compared with all Army convictions in those years. 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 108 (Military Property; Loss, Damage, Destruction): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-108-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/sentences/) (hub) - [Fewer or More? Military Property Charges at Army Courts-Martial, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-108-trend-2021-2025/) - [Guilty Pleas in Army Military Property Cases: How Often, and What Came Next](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-108-plea-2021-2025/) - [What Sentence Follows an Air Force Military Property Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-108-sent-2016-2025/) (another service) - [Article 108 Sentences in the Navy-Marine Corps: Confinement and Discharges, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-108-sent-2017-2025/) (another service) - [Article 107 Sentences in the Army: Confinement and Discharges, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-sent-2021-2025/) - [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.