Camp Humphreys in 2021: 23 Courts-Martial, Year in Review
Camp Humphreys held 23 courts-martial in 2021. Of the 12 contested cases that reached a verdict, 7 ended in a full acquittal (58%), compared with 35% across the Army. Drunken or reckless driving under Article 113 was charged in 22% of cases, compared with 2% Army-wide.
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Short answer: Camp Humphreys held 23 courts-martial in 2021. Of the 12 contested cases that reached a verdict, 7 ended in a full acquittal (58%), compared with 35% across the Army. Drunken or reckless driving under Article 113 was charged in 22% of cases, compared with 2% Army-wide.
Full Acquittals in Contested Cases
A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. The 23 Camp Humphreys cases were tried between January 2021 and October 2021, and 12 of them were contested. Full acquittals came in 7 of those 12 cases (58%), higher than the 35% for all Army cases in 2021.
Another 2 contested cases ended in a partial acquittal. A partial acquittal means a finding of not guilty on at least one charge or specification and guilty on another. Army results list findings charge by charge, which is why partial acquittals appear often in Army records.
More Cases Were Contested
The accused pleaded guilty in 11 cases and contested 12. The contested share was 52%, higher than the 36% across the Army.
All 11 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement (11 of 11). Army records say whether there was an agreement but not what its terms were.
Members Heard Most Contested Cases
The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. A military judge alone decided 16 of the 23 cases. Members heard the other 7 (30%): 5 enlisted panels and 2 officer panels.
All 7 member trials were contested cases. Members heard 7 of the 12 contested cases (58%).
Drunken Driving, Sexual Assault, and Officer Charges
Every record lists its charges. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) was the most common, in 8 cases (35%), compared with 29% across the Army. Article 113, drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, appeared in 5 cases (22%), compared with 2%.
Article 133, conduct unbecoming an officer, appeared in 3 cases (13%), compared with 2%. Larceny under Article 121 appeared in 17% of cases, compared with 8%.
Some charges were less common here. Assault under Article 128 appeared in 30% of cases, compared with 38%. Article 134 (the general article) appeared in 13%, compared with 21%. Article 92, failure to obey an order or regulation, appeared in 9%, compared with 16%. False official statements under Article 107 also appeared in 9%, compared with 12%.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the rest of the Army |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 8 | 35% | 29% |
| Art. 128 Assault | 7 | 30% | 38% |
| Art. 113 Drunken or reckless operation of vehicle | 5 | 22% | 2% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 4 | 17% | 8% |
| Art. 133 Conduct unbecoming an officer | 3 | 13% | 2% |
| Art. 134 General article | 3 | 13% | 21% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 2 | 9% | 16% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 2 | 9% | 12% |
A Group With Many Officers
By rank, the accused were 8 junior enlisted members, 8 NCOs, and 7 officers. That group is more senior than all Army cases in 2021.
General courts-martial made up 15 of the 23 cases (65%), compared with 73% across the Army. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
Shorter Confinement
Of the 23 cases, 16 ended in a conviction on at least one charge. Confinement was part of 8 of those 16 sentences (50%). The median confinement was 3 months, shorter than the 6 months for the Army as a whole. Among the sentences that included confinement, a quarter were 7 months or longer.
These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case. Among convicted enlisted members, 5 of 9 received a punitive discharge.
A punitive discharge means a bad-conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge. The officer equivalent is a dismissal. A sentence with no punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not track.
Fort Bliss and Fort Carson
Fort Bliss and Fort Carson each tried 30 cases in 2021. Both had lower contested shares than Camp Humphreys: 33% at Fort Bliss and 20% at Fort Carson. Full acquittals came in 3 of 10 contested cases at Fort Bliss and 1 of 6 at Fort Carson.
Median confinement was 7 months at Fort Bliss and 9 months at Fort Carson, both longer than the 3 months at Camp Humphreys. Punitive discharges for enlisted members were 73% and 86%.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Humphreys | 23 | 52% | 7 of 12 | 3 months | 5 of 9 |
| Fort Bliss | 30 | 33% | 3 of 10 | 7 months | 73% |
| Fort Carson | 30 | 20% | 1 of 6 | 9 months | 86% |
Why 2021 Is the Starting Point
Under Article 140a, the services were required to begin publishing trial records by December 2020. Army records in this data are sparse before 2021, so this year has no earlier Camp Humphreys year for comparison.
The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. Cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation are not included.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial tried at Camp Humphreys with a trial date in 2021 (23 cases).
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.
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Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Camp Humphreys, 2021
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.