Article 134 Cases at Bremerton, Washington, 2024–2026: 11 Courts-Martial
The records list 11 courts-martial charging Article 134 (general article) at Bremerton, Washington from 2024 through 2026. A punitive discharge followed 55% of enlisted convictions, compared with 75% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 134 cases.
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Short answer: The records list 11 courts-martial charging Article 134 (general article) at Bremerton, Washington from 2024 through 2026. A punitive discharge followed 55% of enlisted convictions, compared with 75% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 134 cases. The median confinement was 2 years, compared with 1.5 years service-wide.
Fewer Punitive Discharges
A punitive discharge followed 55% of enlisted convictions here: 3 bad-conduct discharges and 3 dishonorable discharges. Across Navy and Marine Corps Article 134 cases in these years, the share was 75%.
A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge imposed by the court. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Longer Median Confinement
The records list 11 convictions, and 8 of those sentences included confinement. The median confinement was 2 years, higher than the 1.5 years across Navy and Marine Corps Article 134 cases overall.
A quarter of the confinement terms were 3 years or longer. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and each covers every charge in the case.
Pleas
Of the 11 cases, 7 were guilty pleas and 4 were contested. The contested share was 36%, higher than the 29% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 134 cases. A contested case is one in which the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge.
Article 134 Was Often the Only Charge
In 4 of the 11 cases, Article 134 was the only charge. Across the service, 95 of 210 Article 134 cases in 2024–2026 had no other charge.
The added charges at Bremerton were varied. Article 82 (solicitation) and Article 128 (assault) each appeared in 2 cases. Article 105 (forgery), Article 121 (larceny), and Article 80 (attempt) each appeared in 1.
Rank and Court Level
The accused included 5 junior enlisted members, 6 NCOs, and 0 officers. The sheet describes this group as more senior than in all Navy and Marine Corps Article 134 cases in 2024–2026.
General courts-martial made up 55% of these cases (6 of 11), and special courts-martial made up the rest. A general court-martial can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge.
Trials by Year and New Rules
The trials ran from April 2024 through September 2026: 5 in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 4 in 2026. The 2026 count covers part of the year. These cases were 21% of the 52 courts-martial at Bremerton, Washington in 2024–2026.
Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not commanders, decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. When every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. Both rules depend on the offense date, which these records do not give.
What the Records Do Not Show
The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not describe the evidence or plea terms, and they do not cover nonjudicial punishment or administrative separations.
For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see Article 134 on the law firm's website. Dates and sources for the law changes: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Courts-martial tried at Bremerton, Washington in 2024–2026 that charged Article 134 (11 cases), compared with every Navy and Marine Corps case charging Article 134 in those years.
Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in Military Trial Results, data updated October 24, 2026. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: how this data was built. Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.
Related Analysis
- Bremerton, Washington: Court-Martial Data and Trends (hub)
- Article 134 (General Article): Court-Martial Data and Trends (hub)
- By Installation (hub)
- Bremerton, Washington, 2013–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 221 Cases
- Bremerton, Washington, 2019–2023: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 153 Cases
- Bremerton, Washington Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 52 Cases Show
- Did General Article Cases at Bremerton, Washington Change After 2019?
- Is Navy-Marine Corps General Article Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 134, 2017–2025
- Article 134 explained on the law firm's website
- Search every case in Military Trial Results (members)
Military Judges Who Presided Over Article 134 Cases at Bremerton, Washington, 2024–2026
Names and links only. Each judge's record of pleas, findings, and sentences is on their Know Your Judge page, part of the Court-Martial Characters membership.
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.