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# Article 85 (Desertion): Court-Martial Data and Trends
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-85-courts-martial/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:34:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:22:57.000Z
- Description: Analysis of the 140 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 85 (Desertion).
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 85, #trends-hub

[Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › Article 85

Analysis of the 140 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 85 (Desertion).

## By Service

- [Fewer or More? Desertion Charges at Army Courts-Martial, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-85-trend-2021-2025/)
- [Air Force Article 85 Cases by the Numbers, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-85-trend-2016-2025/)
- [Is Navy-Marine Corps Desertion Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 85, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-85-trend-2017-2025/)

## Sentences

- [What Sentence Follows an Army Desertion Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-85-sent-2021-2025/)
- [How Much Confinement for an Article 85 Conviction in the Air Force?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-85-sent-2016-2025/)
- [What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Desertion Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-85-sent-2017-2025/)

## Contested Cases and Acquittals

- [Not Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Article 85 Cases: What Happened at Trial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-85-acq-2017-2025/)

## Guilty Pleas

- [When Army Accused Plead Guilty to Desertion](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-85-plea-2021-2025/)
- [When Navy-Marine Corps Accused Plead Guilty to Desertion](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-85-plea-2017-2025/)

## By Rank

- [What Happens to Army Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Desertion Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-85-junior-enlisted/)
- [Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Charged Under Article 85 in the Air Force](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-85-junior-enlisted/)
- [Navy-Marine Corps Desertion Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-85-junior-enlisted/)

## Charged Together With Other Articles

- [When Article 112a and Article 85 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-and-article-85-charged-together/)
- [Articles 85 and 86 in the Same Case: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-85-and-article-86-charged-together/)
- [False Official Statement Plus Desertion: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 107 and 85](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-and-article-85-charged-together/)

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

**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.