Article 115 (Malingering Before 2019, Communicating Threats Since): Court-Martial Data and Trends
Analysis of the 296 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 115 (Malingering before 2019, communicating threats since).
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Analysis of the 296 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 115 (Malingering before 2019, communicating threats since).
By Service
- Army Article 115 Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025
- Air Force Article 115 Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025
- Fewer or More? Communicating Threats Charges at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2021–2025
Sentences
- How Much Confinement for an Article 115 Conviction in the Army?
- What Sentence Follows an Air Force Communicating Threats Conviction?
- How Much Confinement for an Article 115 Conviction in the Navy-Marine Corps?
Contested Cases and Acquittals
Guilty Pleas
- Guilty Pleas in Army Communicating Threats Cases: How Often, and What Came Next
- Pleading Guilty to Article 115 in the Air Force: What Sentences Followed?
- Pleading Guilty to Article 115 in the Navy-Marine Corps: What Sentences Followed?
Year by Year
- How Army Communicating Threats Cases Ended in 2021
- Army Article 115 Cases in 2022
- Army Article 115 Cases in 2023
- Communicating Threats at Army Courts-Martial, 2024: The Year in Numbers
- Navy-Marine Corps Article 115 Cases in 2021
By Rank
- Army Communicating Threats Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
- NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 115 in the Army
- What Happens to Air Force Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Communicating Threats Charges?
- NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 115 in the Air Force
- Navy-Marine Corps Communicating Threats Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences
Charged Together With Other Articles
- Communicating Threats Plus Assault: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 115 and 128
- When Article 115 and Article 128b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 115 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 115 and Article 134 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Communicating Threats Plus Sexual Assault: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 115 and 120
- Articles 115 and 90 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 115 and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 115 and 80 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 109 and Article 115 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 115 and 129 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Articles 107 and 115 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Communicating Threats Plus Larceny: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 115 and 121
Charged Together, by Service
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 115 and Article 120
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 115 and Article 128b
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 115 and Article 90
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 115 and Article 92, 2021–2026
- Article 115 With Article 128 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 115 With Article 134 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Navy-Marine Corps Cases Charging Both Article 115 and Article 128
Counsel of Record
- Army Defense Counsel in Contested Article 115 Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026
- Who Prosecuted Contested Army Article 115 Cases? Trial Counsel Experience, 2023–2026
Judge Alone or Members
- Army Article 115 Trials Before a Military Judge Alone: Verdicts and Sentences
- Contested Army Article 115 Cases Decided by Members (A Panel)
What the offense covers: Article 115 on the law firm's website.
How this data was built: methodology and known gaps.
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.