Article 133 (Conduct Unbecoming an Officer): Court-Martial Data and Trends
Analysis of the 163 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 133 (Conduct unbecoming an officer).
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Analysis of the 163 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 133 (Conduct unbecoming an officer).
By Service
- Army Article 133 Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025
- Is Air Force Conduct Unbecoming Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 133, 2016–2025
- Navy-Marine Corps Article 133 Cases by the Numbers, 2017–2025
Sentences
- How Much Confinement for an Article 133 Conviction in the Army?
- How Much Confinement for an Article 133 Conviction in the Air Force?
- How Much Confinement for an Article 133 Conviction in the Navy-Marine Corps?
Contested Cases and Acquittals
Guilty Pleas
- Pleading Guilty to Article 133 in the Army: What Sentences Followed?
- When Navy-Marine Corps Accused Plead Guilty to Conduct Unbecoming
By Rank
- Army Conduct Unbecoming Cases Against Officers: Outcomes and Sentences
- Officers Charged Under Article 133 in the Navy-Marine Corps
Charged Together With Other Articles
- Conduct Unbecoming Plus General Article: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 133 and 134
- Articles 128 and 133 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 133 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 107 and Article 133 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
Counsel of Record
- Army Defense Counsel in Contested Article 133 Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2025
- Who Prosecuted Contested Army Article 133 Cases? Trial Counsel Experience, 2023–2025
Across the Services
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.