> ## 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 Courts-Martial With Article 119b and Article 134, 2021–2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-119b-and-article-134-charged-together/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:18:09.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:18:09.000Z - Description: The records hold 11 Army courts-martial from 2021–2025 that charged both child endangerment under Article 119b and the general article, Article 134. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 119b, Article 134, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 119b](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-119b-courts-martial/) › Army, with Article 134 **Short answer:** The records hold 11 Army courts-martial from 2021–2025 that charged both child endangerment under Article 119b and the general article, Article 134\. 64% were contested, compared with 44% of all Army Article 119b cases, and the median confinement was 1.5 years, compared with 10 months Army-wide. Based on 11 cases · 2021–2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Most of the Accused Contested the Charges 7 accused entered a not-guilty or mixed plea, and 4 pleaded guilty. A contested case is one where the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. Contested cases were 64% of those with a plea recorded, compared with 44% across Army-wide Article 119b cases. ## Officers Made Up 27% of the Accused Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) and NCOs each made up 36% of the accused. Officers made up 27%. Across all Army Article 119b cases in 2021–2025, junior enlisted members were 49% of the accused, so this group had a smaller junior enlisted share and was more senior. ## Confinement After Conviction 10 of the 11 cases ended in a conviction, and 7 of those sentences included confinement. The median confinement was 1.5 years. Across Army-wide Article 119b cases, the median was 10 months. These are adjudged sentences. They come before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and they cover every charge in the case, not only the child endangerment charge. ## Domestic Violence and Assault Charges Article 119b was never charged alone in this group. Article 128b, domestic violence, appeared in 8 of the 11 cases. Article 128, assault, appeared in 7\. Article 115, communicating threats, appeared in 4, and Article 90, disobeying an officer, in 3. ## Court Level 10 of the 11 cases were general courts-martial (91%), compared with 76% in Army Article 119b cases overall. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge or dismissal. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## Forum 36% of the cases with the forum listed went to members: 3 enlisted panels and 1 officer panel. The other 7 were decided by a military judge alone. The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. ## Trial Years The trials ran from May 2021 through March 2025: 2 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 4 in 2023, 2 in 2024, and 1 in 2025\. Army records in this data are sparse before 2021. ## Limits of This Data Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not 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 within new sentencing parameters. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so trials from 2024 on mix old-rule and new-rule cases. Cases resolved by nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, or no action are not in these records. The records also do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. 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 with trial dates in 2021–2025 that charged both Article 119b and Article 134 (11 cases), compared with all 55 Army Article 119b cases 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 119b (Child Endangerment, Numbered Since 2019): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-119b-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Article 134 (General Article): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-134-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 119b and Article 128b](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-119b-and-article-128b-charged-together/) - [Article 119b With Article 128 in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-119b-and-article-128-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 120](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-120-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 121](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-121-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 131b](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 80](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-80-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 81](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-107-and-article-81-charged-together/) - [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.