> ## 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. # Article 131b (Obstruction, Numbered Since 2019): Court-Martial Data and Trends - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-courts-martial/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:34:39.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:47:53.000Z - Description: Analysis of the 410 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 131b (Obstruction, numbered since 2019). - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 131b, #trends-hub [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › Article 131b Analysis of the 410 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 131b (Obstruction, numbered since 2019). ## By Service - [How Has Article 131b Changed in Army Courts-Martial Since 2021?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-trend-2021-2025/) - [Air Force Article 131b Cases by the Numbers, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-131b-trend-2016-2025/) - [Is Navy-Marine Corps Obstruction Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 131b, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-trend-2017-2025/) ## Sentences - [How Much Confinement for an Article 131b Conviction in the Army?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-sent-2021-2025/) - [What Sentence Follows an Air Force Obstruction Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-131b-sent-2016-2025/) - [How Much Confinement for an Article 131b Conviction in the Navy-Marine Corps?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-sent-2017-2025/) ## Contested Cases and Acquittals - [How Often Are Contested Army Article 131b Cases Acquitted?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-acq-2021-2025/) - [Not Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Article 131b Cases: What Happened at Trial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-acq-2017-2025/) ## Guilty Pleas - [Pleading Guilty to Article 131b in the Army: What Sentences Followed?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-plea-2021-2025/) - [Pleading Guilty to Article 131b in the Air Force: What Sentences Followed?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-131b-plea-2016-2025/) - [Pleading Guilty to Article 131b in the Navy-Marine Corps: What Sentences Followed?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-plea-2017-2025/) ## By Installation - [Did Obstruction Cases at San Diego, California Change After 2019?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-131b-before-after-2019/) - [How Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Handled Obstruction Cases (Article 131b), 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-131b-2019-2023/) - [13 Obstruction Courts-Martial at Norfolk, Virginia, 2014–2018: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/norfolk-virginia-article-131b-2014-2018/) - [Obstruction Charges at San Diego, California, 2013–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-131b-2013-2018/) - [Article 131b Cases at San Diego, California, 2019–2023: 17 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/san-diego-california-article-131b-2019-2023/) ## Year by Year - [How Army Obstruction Cases Ended in 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-2021/) - [Army Article 131b Cases in 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-2022/) - [Obstruction at Army Courts-Martial, 2023: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-2023/) - [Army Article 131b Cases in 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-2024/) - [Army Article 131b Cases in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-2025/) - [How Navy-Marine Corps Obstruction Cases Ended in 2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-2018/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Article 131b Cases in 2019](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-2019/) - [Obstruction at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2020: The Year in Numbers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-2020/) - [How Navy-Marine Corps Obstruction Cases Ended in 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-2021/) - [How Navy-Marine Corps Obstruction Cases Ended in 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-2022/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Article 131b Cases in 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-2025/) ## By Rank - [Army Obstruction Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-junior-enlisted/) - [Army Obstruction Cases Against NCOs (E-5 to E-9): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-ncos/) - [What Happens to Air Force Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Obstruction Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-131b-junior-enlisted/) - [Air Force Obstruction Cases Against NCOs (E-5 to E-9): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-131b-ncos/) - [What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Obstruction Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-junior-enlisted/) - [What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Facing Obstruction Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-ncos/) ## Charged Together With Other Articles - [Articles 131b and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Assault Plus Obstruction: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 128 and 131b](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-128-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [When Article 131b and Article 134 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-and-article-134-charged-together/) - [When Article 107 and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [When Article 112a and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Articles 131b and 81 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-and-article-81-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/) - [When Article 121 and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-121-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Articles 128b and 131b in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-128b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Articles 131b and 90 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-and-article-90-charged-together/) - [When Article 131b and Article 80 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-and-article-80-charged-together/) - [When Article 120b and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-120b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [When Article 115 and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-115-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [When Article 119b and Article 131b Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-119b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) ## Charged Together, by Service - [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 131b and Article 92](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 128b and Article 131b, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-128b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 131b and Article 134, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-and-article-134-charged-together/) - [Article 112a With Article 131b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-112a-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Article 112a With Article 131b in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-112a-and-article-131b-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 120b With Article 131b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-120b-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Article 128 With Article 131b in the Army: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-128-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Article 131b With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Cases Charging Both Article 131b and Article 134](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-131b-and-article-134-charged-together/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 128 and Article 131b, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-128-and-article-131b-charged-together/) ## Counsel of Record - [Army Defense Counsel in Contested Article 131b Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-defense-counsel-experience-2023-2026/) - [Army Trial Counsel in Contested Article 131b Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-trial-counsel-experience-2023-2026/) ## Across the Services - [231 Article 131b Courts-Martial in Three Services, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-131b-across-the-services-2021-2025/) ## Judge Alone or Members - [Contested Army Article 131b Cases Decided by Members (A Panel)](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-contested-members-2021-2025/) - [When A Military Judge Alone Decided a Contested Army Article 131b Case, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-131b-contested-judge-alone-2021-2025/) 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.** [Obstruction of Justice and Perjury: Federal vs. Court-Martial Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-obstruction-perjury-vs-courts-martial/) **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.