> ## 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. # Article 107 Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2019–2023: 22 Courts-Martial - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-107-2019-2023/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:33:55.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-28T08:28:15.000Z - Description: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tried 22 courts-martial charging Article 107 (false official statement) in 2019–2023. 95% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 67% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Article 107, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-camp-lejeune-north-carolina/) › Article 107, 2019–2023 **Short answer:** Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tried 22 courts-martial charging Article 107 (false official statement) in 2019–2023\. 95% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 67% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. The median confinement was 9 months, compared with 6 months. Based on 22 cases · 2019–2023 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Punitive Discharges in 95% of Enlisted Convictions This post covers one offense at one installation: Article 107 cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, from 2019 through 2023\. The largest difference is the discharge share. 95% of enlisted convictions here included a punitive discharge, compared with 67% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases in the same years. Of those, 17 were bad-conduct discharges and 3 were dishonorable discharges. A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge for enlisted members. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not cover. ## Every Conviction Included Confinement Of the 22 cases, 21 ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and all 21 sentences included confinement (100%). Across Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases, 19% of convictions had no confinement. The median confinement was 9 months, longer than the 6 months across the service. A quarter of the sentences were 1.2 years or longer. Sentences of 6 months to 1 year made up 43% of convictions here, compared with 26% across the service. Sentences of more than 1 year but under 5 years made up 29%, compared with 19%. Sentences under 6 months were less common, at 29% compared with 33%. ## How the Sentence Lengths Compare Sentences longer than one year were more common than in Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases overall: 6 of 21 convictions (29%), compared with 22%. No sentence here was 5 years or more, compared with 3% across the service. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case. At Camp Lejeune, false official statement charges were almost never the only charge. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases in 2019–2023 | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | No confinement | 0 | 0% | 19% | | Under 6 months | 6 | 29% | 33% | | 6 months to 1 year | 9 | 43% | 26% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 6 | 29% | 19% | | 5 years or more | 0 | 0% | 3% | ## Article 107 Was Almost Never the Only Charge Only 1 of the 22 cases charged Article 107 by itself. Across all Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases in 2019–2023, 15 of 156 did. Article 92 (orders violation) was the most common companion charge, in 13 cases. Article 121 (larceny) appeared in 9\. Article 128 (assault), Article 131b (obstruction, numbered since 2019), and Article 112a (drug offenses) appeared in 7 each. The companion charges include property, drug, violence, and obstruction offenses. Each sentence covers the whole case, so these charges are part of every confinement and discharge figure in this post. ## How Many Cases Were Contested? Only 15 of the 22 records list a plea. Of those, 8 accused pleaded guilty and 7 contested at least one charge with a not-guilty or mixed plea. The contested share was 47%, higher than the 38% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. The plea is missing from 7 records, so this figure is based on a small number of cases. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea, and the counts here use only the records that list one. A guilty plea usually ends a case without a trial on the merits. Of the 22 cases, 21 ended in a conviction on at least one charge. ## Court Level Was the Same as Across the Service The cases split into 9 general courts-martial and 13 special courts-martial. The general share was 41%, the same as the 41% across Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and can impose a bad-conduct discharge but not a dishonorable discharge. Since 2019, a special court-martial tried by a judge alone is capped at six months with no punitive discharge. ## Junior Enlisted Members Made Up Most of the Accused By rank, 18 accused were junior enlisted members, 4 were NCOs, and 0 were officers. That mix is more junior than across the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole for this offense. ## Most Cases Were Tried in 2021 The trials took place from March 2019 to December 2023\. 12 of them were in 2021\. The other years had 3 in 2019, 4 in 2020, 2 in 2022, and 1 in 2023\. The 22 cases make up 8% of the 283 courts-martial at Camp Lejeune in those years. With counts this small, the cases from a single year can affect every percentage in this post. ## Gaps in the Record The records show charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or offense dates. Conduct handled outside a court-martial is not counted. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 107 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Courts-martial tried at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2019–2023 that charged Article 107 (22 cases), compared with every Navy and Marine Corps case charging Article 107 in those years. 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/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com. ## Related Analysis - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-camp-lejeune-north-carolina/) (hub) - [Article 107 (False Official Statements): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-107-courts-martial/) (hub) - [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) (hub) - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 283 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2019-2023/) - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2017–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 140 Cases](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2017-2018/) - [What Was Tried at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2024–2026? 119 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2024-2026/) - [Article 107 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Before and After 2019](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-107-before-after-2019/) - [How Has Article 107 Changed in Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial Since 2017?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-107-trend-2017-2025/) - [Article 107 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) ## Military Judges Who Presided Over Article 107 Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2019–2023 - [Keaton Harrell](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-keaton-harrell/) - [Nicholas Henry](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-nicholas-henry/) - [Glen Hines](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-glen-hines/) - [Ryan Lipton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-ryan-lipton/) 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](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.