> ## 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. # Bremerton, Washington in 2025: 18 Courts-Martial, Year in Review - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-courts-martial-2025/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:12:59.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:12:59.000Z - Description: Bremerton, Washington had 18 courts-martial in 2025, tried between January 2025 and September 2025. Larceny under Article 121 was charged in 28% of cases, compared with 8% across the Navy and Marine Corps. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Bremerton, Washington, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Bremerton, Washington](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-bremerton-washington/) › 2025 **Short answer:** Bremerton, Washington had 18 courts-martial in 2025, tried between January 2025 and September 2025\. Larceny under Article 121 was charged in 28% of cases, compared with 8% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Of 14 convicted enlisted members, 4 received a punitive discharge (29%), compared with 46% service-wide. Based on 18 cases · 2025 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Larceny and Sexual Assault Charges All 18 records list the charges, and a case is counted under each article it charges. Larceny under Article 121 appeared in 5 cases (28%), compared with 8% for all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2025\. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) appeared in 3 cases (17%), compared with 5%. Some charges were less common here. Article 92, failure to obey an order or regulation, appeared in 17% of cases, compared with 24%. Article 134, the general article, appeared in 11%, compared with 21%. Domestic violence under Article 128b appeared in 1 case (6%), compared with 11%. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps-wide | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | --------------------------------- | | [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny | 5 | 28% | 8% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 3 | 17% | 5% | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 3 | 17% | 16% | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 3 | 17% | 24% | | [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements | 2 | 11% | 7% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 2 | 11% | 21% | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 2 | 11% | 10% | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 1 | 6% | 11% | ## Fewer Punitive Discharges Of 14 convicted enlisted members, 4 received a punitive discharge: 3 bad-conduct discharges and 1 dishonorable discharge. Across the Navy and Marine Corps, the share was 46%. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not track. ## Pleas and Full Acquittals The plea is listed in 17 of the 18 records. The accused pleaded guilty in 10 cases and contested 7\. A contested case is one where the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share was 41%, compared with 37% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Of the 7 contested cases that reached a verdict, 3 ended in a full acquittal, meaning a finding of not guilty on every charge. ## Confinement Of the 18 cases, 14 ended in a conviction on at least one charge. Confinement was part of 9 of those sentences (64%). The median confinement was 4 months, the same as the median for the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole. Among the sentences that included confinement, a quarter were 1 year or longer. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. ## More NCOs Than Junior Enlisted The accused were 11 NCOs (E-5 to E-9) and 7 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), with 0 officers or warrant officers. Across the Navy and Marine Corps, 62% of the accused were junior enlisted. General courts-martial made up 7 of the 18 cases (39%), compared with 36% in the rest of the service. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## Okinawa and Quantico Okinawa, Japan (20 cases) and Quantico, Virginia (22 cases) tried a similar number of cases in 2025\. Both had longer median confinement, 6 months and 8 months, and both had a punitive discharge share of 53%. The contested share was 20% at Okinawa and 55% at Quantico. Full acquittals came in 2 of 4 contested cases at Okinawa and 3 of 12 at Quantico. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | --------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Bremerton, Washington | 18 | 41% | 3 of 7 | 4 months | 29% | | Okinawa, Japan | 20 | 20% | 2 of 4 | 6 months | 53% | | Quantico, Virginia | 22 | 55% | 3 of 12 | 8 months | 53% | ## Rule Changes and Limits Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not commanders, decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. For offenses after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters when every guilty finding is for such an offense. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so the 2025 cases mix old-rule and new-rule cases. The records also do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or conduct handled outside a court-martial. Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Every court-martial tried at Bremerton, Washington with a trial date in 2025 (18 cases). Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in [Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/), data updated October 24, 2026\. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: [how this data was built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/). 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Each judge's record of pleas, findings, and sentences is on their Know Your Judge page, part of the [Court-Martial Characters](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judges/) 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](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.