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Article 92 (Failure to Obey Order or Regulation): Court-Martial Data and Trends
Analysis of the 1,562 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 92 (Failure to obey order or regulation).
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Analysis of the 1,562 Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps courts-martial in the data that charged Article 92 (Failure to obey order or regulation).
By Service
- Fewer or More? Orders Violation Charges at Army Courts-Martial, 2021–2025
- Air Force Article 92 Cases by the Numbers, 2016–2025
- Is Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 92, 2017–2025
Sentences
- Article 92 Sentences in the Army: Confinement and Discharges, 2021–2025
- What Sentence Follows an Air Force Orders Violation Conviction?
- What Sentence Follows a Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Conviction?
Contested Cases and Acquittals
- Fighting an Army Orders Violation Charge: How Contested Cases Ended
- How Often Are Contested Navy-Marine Corps Article 92 Cases Acquitted?
Guilty Pleas
- Pleading Guilty to Article 92 in the Army: What Sentences Followed?
- Pleading Guilty to Article 92 in the Air Force: What Sentences Followed?
- When Navy-Marine Corps Accused Plead Guilty to Orders Violation
By Installation
- Did Orders Violation Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Change After 2019?
- Did Orders Violation Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Change After 2024?
- Did Orders Violation Cases at Camp Pendleton, California Change After 2019?
- Did Orders Violation Cases at Camp Pendleton, California Change After 2024?
- Did Orders Violation Cases at Norfolk, Virginia Change After 2019?
- Article 92 at Okinawa, Japan Before and After 2024
- Orders Violation Cases at Quantico, Virginia: 2017–2018 vs. 2019–2023
- Orders Violation Cases at San Diego, California: 2013–2018 vs. 2019–2023
- Orders Violation Cases at San Diego, California: 2019–2023 vs. 2024–2026
- 27 Orders Violation Courts-Martial at Fort Bragg, 2021–2023: What the Records Show
- Orders Violation Charges at Fort Hood, 2021–2023: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- 15 Orders Violation Courts-Martial at Fort Knox, 2024–2026: What the Records Show
- Orders Violation Charges at Bremerton, Washington, 2013–2018: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- How Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Handled Orders Violation Cases (Article 92), 2017–2018
- Orders Violation Charges at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2019–2023: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- Orders Violation Charges at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2024–2026: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- 29 Orders Violation Courts-Martial at Camp Pendleton, California, 2017–2018: What the Records Show
- Orders Violation Charges at Camp Pendleton, California, 2019–2023: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- Orders Violation Charges at Camp Pendleton, California, 2024–2026: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- 21 Orders Violation Courts-Martial at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, 2019–2023: What the Records Show
- Orders Violation Charges at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, 2024–2026: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
- Article 92 Cases at Norfolk, Virginia, 2013–2018: 38 Courts-Martial
- Article 92 Cases at Norfolk, Virginia, 2019–2023: 23 Courts-Martial
- How San Diego, California Handled Orders Violation Cases (Article 92), 2013–2018
- Article 92 Cases at San Diego, California, 2019–2023: 25 Courts-Martial
- Orders Violation Charges at San Diego, California, 2024–2026: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences
Year by Year
- Orders Violation at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2016: The Year in Numbers
- Orders Violation at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2017: The Year in Numbers
- Orders Violation at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2018: The Year in Numbers
- Orders Violation at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2019: The Year in Numbers
- How Air Force Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2020
- Air Force Article 92 Cases in 2021
- How Air Force Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2022
- Air Force Article 92 Cases in 2023
- Air Force Article 92 Cases in 2024
- How Air Force Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2025
- Army Article 92 Cases in 2021
- Army Article 92 Cases in 2022
- Army Article 92 Cases in 2023
- Army Article 92 Cases in 2024
- Army Article 92 Cases in 2025
- Orders Violation at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2017: The Year in Numbers
- How Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2018
- Navy-Marine Corps Article 92 Cases in 2019
- Orders Violation at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2020: The Year in Numbers
- Orders Violation at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2021: The Year in Numbers
- How Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2022
- Orders Violation at Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2023: The Year in Numbers
- How Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2024
- How Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Cases Ended in 2025
By Rank
- Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Charged Under Article 92 in the Army
- Army Orders Violation Cases Against NCOs (E-5 to E-9): Outcomes and Sentences
- What Happens to Air Force Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Orders Violation Charges?
- What Happens to Air Force NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Facing Orders Violation Charges?
- What Happens to Air Force Officers Facing Orders Violation Charges?
- What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Orders Violation Charges?
- Navy-Marine Corps Orders Violation Cases Against NCOs (E-5 to E-9): Outcomes and Sentences
Charged Together With Other Articles
- Assault Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 128 and 92
- Drug Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 112a and 92
- Articles 134 and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 107 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 120 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 121 and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Articles 131b and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 86 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 81 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 128b and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Disobeying An Officer Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 90 and 92
- When Article 80 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 92 and 93 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 115 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Property Damage Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 109 and 92
- When Article 89 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 92 and Article 93a Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 129 and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- Indecent Recording And Exposure Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120c and 92
- When Article 133 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Articles 87a and 92 in the Same Case: What the Records Show
- When Article 114 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 113 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- Child Sexual Abuse Plus Orders Violation: Courts-Martial Charging Articles 120b and 92
- When Article 108 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
- When Article 82 and Article 92 Are Charged Together, How Do Cases End?
Charged Together, by Service
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 112a and Article 92
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 128 and Article 92
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 128b and Article 92
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 131b and Article 92
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 134 and Article 92
- Army Cases Charging Both Article 90 and Article 92
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 107 and Article 92, 2021–2026
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 113 and Article 92, 2022–2026
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 115 and Article 92, 2021–2026
- Army Courts-Martial With Article 120b and Article 92, 2021–2025
- Article 109 With Article 92 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 112a With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show
- Article 120 With Article 92 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 121 With Article 92 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 121 With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show
- Article 128 With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show
- Article 131b With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show
- Article 134 With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show
- Article 81 With Article 92 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Article 92 With Article 93 in the Army: What the Records Show
- Navy-Marine Corps Cases Charging Both Article 107 and Article 92
- Navy-Marine Corps Cases Charging Both Article 129 and Article 92
- Navy-Marine Corps Cases Charging Both Article 81 and Article 92
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 120 and Article 92, 2021–2025
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 128b and Article 92, 2021–2026
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 80 and Article 92, 2021–2025
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 86 and Article 92, 2021–2026
- Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 90 and Article 92, 2021–2026
Counsel of Record
- Army Trial Counsel in Contested Article 92 Cases: Prior Cases and Verdicts, 2023–2026
- Who Defended Contested Army Article 92 Cases? Defense Counsel Experience, 2023–2026
Across the Services
Judge Alone or Members
- Army Article 92 Trials Before Members (A Panel): Verdicts and Sentences
- Army Article 92 Trials Before a Military Judge Alone: Verdicts and Sentences
What the offense covers: Article 92 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.