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# Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2024: 44 Courts-Martial, Year in Review
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2024/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:54:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T05:26:09.000Z
- Description: The median confinement in courts-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2024 was 1 year, compared with 5 months across the Navy and Marine Corps. The base tried 44 cases. Article 92 (orders violation) was charged in 26% of them, compared with 16% service-wide.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 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/) › 2024

**Short answer:** The median confinement in courts-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2024 was 1 year, compared with 5 months across the Navy and Marine Corps. The base tried 44 cases. Article 92 (orders violation) was charged in 26% of them, compared with 16% service-wide.

Based on 44 cases · 2024 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026

## Longer Confinement Than the Service Median

41 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 33 of those included confinement (80%). The median confinement was 1 year, compared with 5 months for the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole. A quarter of terms were 1.7 years or longer.

Confinement longer than one year came in 13 of 41 convictions (32%), compared with 22% in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. Terms of more than 1 year and under 5 years made up 27% here, compared with 15%. These are adjudged sentences, as announced at trial and before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal.

| Adjudged confinement            | Convictions | Share here | Share, the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| No confinement                  | 8           | 20%        | 25%                                          |
| Under 6 months                  | 11          | 27%        | 38%                                          |
| 6 months to 1 year              | 9           | 22%        | 15%                                          |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 11          | 27%        | 15%                                          |
| 5 years or more                 | 2           | 5%         | 7%                                           |

## General Courts-Martial Were 48% of Cases

General courts-martial were 48% of the cases (21 of 44). A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. At general courts-martial, 95% of convictions carried confinement, with a median of 1.7 years.

The 23 special courts-martial are capped at one year. At that level, 67% of convictions carried confinement, with a median of 3 months. The general court-martial share was 34% in 2023.

## Which Charges Were Most Common?

43 of the 44 records list charges, and a case appears under every article it includes. Article 134, the general article, was the most common, at 30% compared with 22% service-wide. Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) was next, at 26% compared with 16%. Article 128 (assault) appeared in 21%, compared with 16%.

Article 112a (drug) was the same as the service rate, at 14%. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) and Article 80 (attempts) each appeared in 7% of cases, the same as elsewhere.

| UCMJ Article                                                                                                                                       | Cases | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps-wide |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | --------------------------------- |
| [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article                           | 13    | 30%        | 22%                               |
| [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation         | 11    | 26%        | 16%                               |
| [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault                                   | 9     | 21%        | 16%                               |
| [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 6     | 14%        | 14%                               |
| [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements                 | 3     | 7%         | 5%                                |
| [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault                            | 3     | 7%         | 7%                                |
| [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny                                   | 3     | 7%         | 8%                                |
| [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts                                    | 3     | 7%         | 7%                                |

## Convictions on the Top Charges

Every case charging Article 134 ended in a conviction on that article (13 of 13), with a median confinement of 1.6 years. Article 128 cases did in 8 of 9, with a 5-month median. Article 92 cases ended in a conviction on that article in 9 of 11 (82%), the lowest of the top charges, with a 4-month median.

One case can include a conviction on one article and an acquittal on another, so these rows overlap. Each median covers the full sentence.

| Article                                     | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it |
| ------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Art. 134 General article                    | 13                | 13 (100%)               | 1.6 years                               |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 11                | 9 (82%)                 | 4 months                                |
| Art. 128 Assault                            | 9                 | 8 (8 of 9)              | 5 months                                |

## Most Accused Pleaded Guilty

43 of 44 records list the plea: 34 guilty pleas and 9 not-guilty or mixed pleas. The contested share was 21%, lower than the 34% for the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole. At Camp Lejeune in 2023, it was 38%.

Of the 9 contested cases that reached a verdict, 2 ended in a full acquittal. The year before, the count was 1 of 10\. Cases charging Article 134 ended in a guilty plea 85% of the time (11 of 13). Cases charging Article 92 ended in a guilty plea 82% of the time (9 of 11).

## Punitive Discharges and Rank of the Accused

Among 37 convicted enlisted members, 26 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (70%). That is more often than the 58% for the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. 14 of those were dishonorable. The records also show 2 convicted officers or warrant officers, and 1 was dismissed.

Most of the accused were junior enlisted: 31 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 8 NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 2 officers or warrant officers. In the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps, junior enlisted members were 58% of the accused. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.

## Compared with 2023 and Similar Installations

There were 32 cases in 2023 and 44 in 2024\. The median confinement was 5 months in 2023 and 1 year in 2024\. Convictions with confinement were 68% and then 80%. Enlisted punitive discharges were 77% and then 70%. These groups are small, and a few cases can produce changes like these. The changes show a direction only.

At Camp Pendleton, California (50 cases), 24% of cases were contested, the median confinement was 4 months, and the punitive discharge rate was 68%. At San Diego, California (58 cases), 35% were contested, and 7 of 20 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal. San Diego had an 8-month median and a 54% punitive discharge rate.

|                                     | 2023     | 2024   |
| ----------------------------------- | -------- | ------ |
| Cases                               | 32       | 44     |
| Contested (of pleas recorded)       | 38%      | 21%    |
| Full acquittals (decided contested) | 1 of 10  | 2 of 9 |
| Convictions with confinement        | 68%      | 80%    |
| Median confinement                  | 5 months | 1 year |
| Punitive discharge (enlisted)       | 77%      | 70%    |
| General courts-martial              | 34%      | 48%    |

## Law Changes and What the Records Do Not Show

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 in a case is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence under new sentencing parameters. Both changes depend on the offense date, which these records do not give. The 2024 cases therefore include both old-rule and new-rule trials. The records cannot show whether either change affected the numbers above.

The records also leave out the evidence, plea terms, and conduct handled outside a court-martial.

| Installation                 | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
| ---------------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | 44    | 21%       | 2 of 9                              | 1 year             | 70%                           |
| Camp Pendleton, California   | 50    | 24%       | 3 of 11                             | 4 months           | 68%                           |
| San Diego, California        | 58    | 35%       | 7 of 20                             | 8 months           | 54%                           |

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 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina with a trial date in 2024 (44 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/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.

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## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2024

- [Robert Boudreau](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-robert-boudreau/)
- [Gable Hackman](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-gable-hackman/)
- [Nicholas Henry](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-nicholas-henry/)
- [Ryan Lipton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-ryan-lipton/)
- [Benjamin Mills](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-benjamin-mills/)
- [William Mossor](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-william-mossor/)
- [Kyle Phillips](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-kyle-phillips/)
- [Adam Workman](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-adam-workman/)

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.