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# Article 120 (Rape and Sexual Assault): Court-Martial Data and Trends
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-courts-martial/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:34:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-03T01:47:54.000Z
- Description: Analysis of the 1,524 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 120 (Rape and sexual assault).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 120, #trends-hub

[Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › Article 120

Analysis of the 1,524 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 120 (Rape and sexual assault).

## By Service

- [Fewer or More? Sexual Assault Charges at Army Courts-Martial, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-trend-2021-2025/)
- [Is Air Force Sexual Assault Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 120, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-trend-2016-2025/)
- [Is Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 120, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-trend-2017-2025/)

## Sentences

- [Article 120 Sentences in the Army: Confinement and Discharges, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-sent-2021-2025/)
- [How Much Confinement for an Article 120 Conviction in the Air Force?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-sent-2016-2025/)
- [Article 120 Sentences in the Navy-Marine Corps: Confinement and Discharges, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-sent-2017-2025/)

## Contested Cases and Acquittals

- [Fighting an Army Sexual Assault Charge: How Contested Cases Ended](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-acq-2021-2025/)
- [Not Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Article 120 Cases: What Happened at Trial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-acq-2017-2025/)

## Guilty Pleas

- [When Army Accused Plead Guilty to Sexual Assault](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-plea-2021-2025/)
- [When Air Force Accused Plead Guilty to Sexual Assault](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-plea-2016-2025/)
- [Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases: How Often, and What Came Next](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-plea-2017-2025/)

## By Installation

- [Did Sexual Assault Cases at Joint Base Lewis-McChord Change After 2024?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/joint-base-lewis-mcchord-article-120-before-after-2024/)
- [Article 120 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Before and After 2019](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [Article 120 at Camp Pendleton, California Before and After 2019](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-pendleton-california-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [Sexual Assault Cases at Jacksonville, Florida: 2013–2018 vs. 2020–2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/jacksonville-florida-article-120-before-after-2020/)
- [Sexual Assault Cases at Norfolk, Virginia: 2013–2018 vs. 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/norfolk-virginia-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [Sexual Assault Cases at Okinawa, Japan: 2017–2018 vs. 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/okinawa-japan-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [Sexual Assault Cases at Pensacola, Florida: 2013–2018 vs. 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pensacola-florida-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [Sexual Assault Cases at San Diego, California: 2013–2018 vs. 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [Did Sexual Assault Cases at Yokosuka, Japan Change After 2019?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/yokosuka-japan-article-120-before-after-2019/)
- [28 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys, 2021–2023: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [16 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Fort Bliss, 2021–2023: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-bliss-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [38 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Fort Bragg, 2021–2023: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-bragg-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [24 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Fort Campbell, 2021–2023: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-campbell-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [Sexual Assault Charges at Fort Hood, 2021–2023: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-hood-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [How Fort Stewart Handled Sexual Assault Cases (Article 120), 2021–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-stewart-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [How Joint Base Lewis-McChord Handled Sexual Assault Cases (Article 120), 2021–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/joint-base-lewis-mcchord-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [Sexual Assault Charges at Wheeler Army Airfield, 2021–2023: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/wheeler-army-airfield-article-120-2021-2023/)
- [23 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Bremerton, Washington, 2013–2018: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-article-120-2013-2018/)
- [How Bremerton, Washington Handled Sexual Assault Cases (Article 120), 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-article-120-2019-2023/)
- [How Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Handled Sexual Assault Cases (Article 120), 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-120-2019-2023/)
- [Article 120 Cases at Camp Pendleton, California, 2019–2023: 22 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-pendleton-california-article-120-2019-2023/)
- [Article 120 Cases at Mayport, Florida, 2013–2017: 21 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/mayport-florida-article-120-2013-2017/)
- [How Norfolk, Virginia Handled Sexual Assault Cases (Article 120), 2013–2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/norfolk-virginia-article-120-2013-2018/)
- [Article 120 Cases at Norfolk, Virginia, 2019–2023: 38 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/norfolk-virginia-article-120-2019-2023/)
- [Sexual Assault Charges at Okinawa, Japan, 2017–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/okinawa-japan-article-120-2017-2018/)
- [How Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Handled Sexual Assault Cases (Article 120), 2013–2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pearl-harbor-hawaii-article-120-2013-2018/)
- [Article 120 Cases at Pensacola, Florida, 2013–2018: 22 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pensacola-florida-article-120-2013-2018/)
- [Sexual Assault Charges at San Diego, California, 2013–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-120-2013-2018/)
- [Article 120 Cases at San Diego, California, 2019–2023: 28 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-120-2019-2023/)
- [21 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Washington, D.C., 2013–2018: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/washington-d-c-article-120-2013-2018/)
- [31 Sexual Assault Courts-Martial at Yokosuka, Japan, 2013–2018: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/yokosuka-japan-article-120-2013-2018/)

## Year by Year

- [How Air Force Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2016](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2016/)
- [Sexual Assault at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2017: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2017/)
- [Air Force Article 120 Cases in 2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2018/)
- [Air Force Article 120 Cases in 2019](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2019/)
- [How Air Force Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2020](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2020/)
- [Sexual Assault at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2021: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2021/)
- [Air Force Article 120 Cases in 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2022/)
- [Air Force Article 120 Cases in 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2023/)
- [Sexual Assault at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2024: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2024/)
- [Air Force Article 120 Cases in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-2025/)
- [Sexual Assault at Army Courts-Martial, 2021: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-2021/)
- [Army Article 120 Cases in 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-2022/)
- [Army Article 120 Cases in 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-2023/)
- [Army Article 120 Cases in 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-2024/)
- [Army Article 120 Cases in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-2025/)
- [How Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2017](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2017/)
- [Sexual Assault at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2018: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2018/)
- [Sexual Assault at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2019: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2019/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Article 120 Cases in 2020](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2020/)
- [How Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2021/)
- [Sexual Assault at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2022: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2022/)
- [How Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2023/)
- [How Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2024/)
- [How Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Ended in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-2025/)

## By Rank

- [What Happens to Army Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Sexual Assault Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-junior-enlisted/)
- [NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Charged Under Article 120 in the Army](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-ncos/)
- [Officers Charged Under Article 120 in the Army](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-officers/)
- [What Happens to Air Force Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Sexual Assault Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-junior-enlisted/)
- [Air Force Sexual Assault Cases Against NCOs (E-5 to E-9): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-ncos/)
- [Air Force Sexual Assault Cases Against Officers: Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-officers/)
- [What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Sexual Assault Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-junior-enlisted/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Against NCOs (E-5 to E-9): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-ncos/)
- [What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps Officers Facing Sexual Assault Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-officers/)

## Charged Together With Other Articles

- [Articles 120 and 128 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-128-charged-together/)
- [Articles 120 and 134 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-134-charged-together/)
- [When Article 120 and Article 120b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-120b-charged-together/)
- [Articles 120 and 80 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-80-charged-together/)
- [When Article 120 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-92-charged-together/)
- [Articles 107 and 120 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-120-charged-together/)
- [Articles 120 and 120c in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-120c-charged-together/)
- [When Article 120 and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-131b-charged-together/)
- [Articles 120 and 128b in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-128b-charged-together/)
- [When Article 112a and Article 120 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-and-article-120-charged-together/)
- [Sexual Assault Plus Disobeying An Officer: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120 and 90](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-90-charged-together/)
- [Articles 120 and 93 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-93-charged-together/)
- [Communicating Threats Plus Sexual Assault: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 115 and 120](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-115-and-article-120-charged-together/)
- [When Article 120 and Article 129 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-129-charged-together/)
- [When Article 120 and Article 81 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-81-charged-together/)
- [When Article 120 and Article 121 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-and-article-121-charged-together/)
- [Articles 119b and 120 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-119b-and-article-120-charged-together/)

## Charged Together, by Service

- [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 115 and Article 120](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-115-and-article-120-charged-together/)
- [Army Cases Charging Both Article 120 and Article 120c](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-120c-charged-together/)
- [Army Cases Charging Both Article 120 and Article 90](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-90-charged-together/)
- [Army Cases Charging Both Article 120 and Article 93](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-93-charged-together/)
- [Army Courts-Martial With Article 112a and Article 120, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-112a-and-article-120-charged-together/)
- [Army Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 128, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-128-charged-together/)
- [Army Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 128b, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-128b-charged-together/)
- [Army Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 134, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-134-charged-together/)
- [Article 120 With Article 120b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-120b-charged-together/)
- [Article 120 With Article 131b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-131b-charged-together/)
- [Article 120 With Article 80 in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-80-charged-together/)
- [Article 120 With Article 92 in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-and-article-92-charged-together/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 128, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-and-article-128-charged-together/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 134, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-and-article-134-charged-together/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 92, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-and-article-92-charged-together/)

## Counsel of Record

- [Army Defense Counsel in Contested Article 120 Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-defense-counsel-experience-2023-2026/)
- [Army Trial Counsel in Contested Article 120 Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-trial-counsel-experience-2023-2026/)

## Law Changes

- [Air Force Sexual Assault Cases Before and After the Office of Special Trial Counsel](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-120-cases-before-and-after-the-office-of-special-trial-counsel/)
- [Army Sexual Assault Cases Before and After the Office of Special Trial Counsel](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-cases-before-and-after-the-office-of-special-trial-counsel/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Sexual Assault Cases Before and After the Office of Special Trial Counsel](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-120-cases-before-and-after-the-office-of-special-trial-counsel/)

## Across the Services

- [Army, Air Force, or Navy-Marine Corps: How Article 120 Cases Compare, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120-across-the-services-2021-2025/)

## Judge Alone or Members

- [Contested Army Article 120 Cases Decided by Members (A Panel)](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-contested-members-2021-2025/)
- [Contested Army Article 120 Cases Decided by a Military Judge Alone](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/)

## Common Questions

- [How Long Are Court-Martial Sentences for Sexual Assault (Article 120)?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-long-are-court-martial-sentences-for-sexual-assault-article-120/)

What the offense covers: [Article 120 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com).

On the podcast: [S2 E1: Article 120 Dismissal & the Aftermath](https://www.bodiesburied.com/s2e1-article-120-dismissal-the-aftermath/) (members).

How this data was built: [methodology and known gaps](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/).

**Compare: federal court.** [Sexual Abuse of an Adult: Federal Cases vs. Article 120 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-sexual-abuse-adult-vs-article-120/)

**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.