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# June 2025 at Army Courts-Martial: 44 Cases
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-courts-martial-june-2025/
- Published: 2026-10-28T08:11:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:07:09.000Z
- Description: The Army tried 44 courts-martial in June 2025, and almost all ended in a guilty plea. In all, 40 accused pleaded guilty and 4 contested the charges, a contested share of 9%, compared with 20% for the Army across 2025.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Army

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**Short answer:** The Army tried 44 courts-martial in June 2025, and almost all ended in a guilty plea. In all, 40 accused pleaded guilty and 4 contested the charges, a contested share of 9%, compared with 20% for the Army across 2025\. Of convicted enlisted members, 85% received a punitive discharge, compared with 73% for the year. The median confinement was 5 months, compared with 8 months.

Based on 44 cases · June 2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026

## Only 4 Contested Cases

A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. June 2025 had only 4 contested cases. Of those 4, 3 ended in a full acquittal.

Of the 40 guilty pleas, 38 are recorded with a plea agreement and 2 have no entry. The records show that an agreement existed but not its terms. The contested share was 12% at general courts-martial and 5% at special courts-martial.

## More Punitive Discharges Than for the Year

Of 34 convicted enlisted members, 29 received a punitive discharge: 19 bad-conduct discharges and 10 dishonorable discharges. Only a general court-martial can adjudge a dishonorable discharge.

The month also had 5 convicted officers or warrant officers, and 4 were dismissed. Dismissal is the officer form of a punitive discharge. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out administrative separation later. These records do not cover administrative separation.

## Confinement Terms and Court Level

There were 39 convictions, and 33 of those sentences included confinement (85%). The median confinement was 5 months. A quarter of terms were 1 year or longer.

The median confinement was 1 year at general courts-martial (24 cases) and 4 months at special courts-martial (20 cases). A special court-martial cannot impose more than one year. Sentences over one year were given in 7 of 39 convictions (18%), compared with 30% for the Army in 2025.

Terms under 6 months made up 44% of convictions, compared with 36%. Terms from 6 months to 1 year made up 23%, compared with 15%. Only 3 convictions (8%) carried 5 years or more, compared with 11%. These are adjudged sentences for all charges, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal.

| Adjudged confinement            | Convictions | Share here | Share, the Army for all of 2025 |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- |
| No confinement                  | 6           | 15%        | 19%                             |
| Under 6 months                  | 17          | 44%        | 36%                             |
| 6 months to 1 year              | 9           | 23%        | 15%                             |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 4           | 10%        | 18%                             |
| 5 years or more                 | 3           | 8%         | 11%                             |

## Assault, the General Article, and Drug Charges

Charge lists exist for 42 of the 44 cases. Each article counts once per case. Article 128 (assault) and Article 134 (general article) were each charged in 11 cases (26%). For the year, their shares were 19% and 22%.

Article 128b (domestic violence) was charged less often: 17%, compared with 26%. Article 80 (attempts) was charged in 12% of cases, compared with 7%. Article 81 (conspiracy) was charged in 10%, compared with 2%. Article 112a (wrongful use, possession of controlled substances) was charged in 10%, compared with 3%.

| UCMJ Article                                                                                                                                       | Cases | Share here | Share, the Army for all of 2025 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------- |
| [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault                                   | 11    | 26%        | 19%                             |
| [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article                           | 11    | 26%        | 22%                             |
| [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence                             | 7     | 17%        | 26%                             |
| [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts                                    | 5     | 12%        | 7%                              |
| [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements                 | 4     | 10%        | 6%                              |
| Art. 81 Conspiracy                                                                                                                                 | 4     | 10%        | 2%                              |
| [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault                            | 4     | 10%        | 11%                             |
| [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 4     | 10%        | 3%                              |

## Every Assault and General-Article Case Ended in Conviction

All 11 cases charging Article 128 and all 11 cases charging Article 134 ended in a conviction on that article. The median confinement was 2 months for the Article 128 convictions and 1 year for the Article 134 convictions.

Of cases charging Article 134, 100% ended in a guilty plea (11 of 11). Of cases charging Article 128, 91% did (10 of 11). The records do not explain plea choices. A case charging both articles appears in both rows.

| Article                  | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it |
| ------------------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Art. 128 Assault         | 11                | 11 (100%)               | 2 months                                |
| Art. 134 General article | 11                | 11 (100%)               | 1 year                                  |

## A Lower General Court-Martial Share

General courts-martial made up 55% of cases (24 of 44). This is the court level that can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. Special courts-martial made up the rest.

By rank, the accused were 23 junior enlisted members, 15 NCOs, and 6 officers. This mix was similar to the Army as a whole in 2025\. A military judge alone decided guilt in 40 of 44 cases (91%). Members heard 4: 2 enlisted panels and 2 officer panels. The accused usually chooses the forum.

## Compared With June 2024

June 2024 had 39 cases. The contested share was 9% in June 2025, compared with 23% in June 2024\. The median confinement was 5 months, compared with 3 months. Punitive discharges for enlisted members were 85%, compared with 65%. Monthly groups are small and a few cases can change them, so these comparisons show direction only.

Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. Judges sentence under new parameters when every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023\. The records do not give offense dates, so they cannot separate cases under the old rules from cases under the new rules.

|                                     | June 2024 | June 2025 |
| ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------- |
| Cases                               | 39        | 44        |
| Contested (of pleas recorded)       | 23%       | 9%        |
| Full acquittals (decided contested) | 3 of 9    | 3 of 4    |
| Convictions with confinement        | 86%       | 85%       |
| Median confinement                  | 3 months  | 5 months  |
| Punitive discharge (enlisted)       | 65%       | 85%       |
| General courts-martial              | 82%       | 55%       |

## Installations and Limits

Fort Hood tried 6 cases. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Vilseck (Europe), and Fort Bliss tried 4 each, and Fort Campbell tried 3\. Together these installations account for 48% of the month. Larger installations try more cases overall.

The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not include the evidence, plea terms, nonjudicial punishment, or administrative separations.

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 a trial date in June 2025 (44 cases), compared with the whole year.

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.

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**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.