Comparing Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Mayport, Florida: Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2013–2018
The records hold 140 courts-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2013–2018, all tried in 2017 and 2018, and 97 at Mayport, Florida.
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Short answer: The records hold 140 courts-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2013–2018, all tried in 2017 and 2018, and 97 at Mayport, Florida. Article 81 (conspiracy) was charged in 17% of Camp Lejeune cases, against 5% at Mayport, and 82% of convicted enlisted members at Camp Lejeune received a punitive discharge, against 67% at Mayport.
Only 2017 and 2018 Appear for Camp Lejeune
The Camp Lejeune records run from January 2017 to December 2018. The data has no cases for 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016. By year: 2017: 67, 2018: 73.
This page compares shares, not counts, because installations with more cases try more cases of every kind.
Punitive Discharges Were More Common
Among 136 enlisted members convicted at Camp Lejeune, 112 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (82%). At Mayport in the same years, the share was 67%. 38 of the Camp Lejeune discharges were dishonorable.
A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge for an enlisted member. The officer equivalent is a dismissal. 1 convicted officer or warrant officer appears in the Camp Lejeune records, and 1 was dismissed.
A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Conspiracy, Orders, and Sexual Assault Charges
Charge lists exist for 138 of the 140 cases. Each article a case includes counts in its own row.
Article 81 (conspiracy) was charged in 17% of Camp Lejeune cases, compared with 5% at Mayport. Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) was charged in 16%, compared with 9%. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) was less common at Camp Lejeune: 9% of cases, against 23% at Mayport.
Article 128 (assault) was the most common charge at Camp Lejeune, in 32% of cases, about the same as the 34% at Mayport. Article 112a (drug offenses) followed at 29%, against 23%. Article 121 (larceny) was charged in 22% of Camp Lejeune cases and 15% of Mayport cases. Article 134 (the general article) was charged in 16% and 12%, and Article 107 (false official statements) in 14% and 10%.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, Mayport, Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 44 | 32% | 34% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 40 | 29% | 23% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 30 | 22% | 15% |
| Art. 81 Conspiracy | 24 | 17% | 5% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 22 | 16% | 9% |
| Art. 134 General article | 22 | 16% | 12% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 19 | 14% | 10% |
| Art. 80 Attempts | 17 | 12% | 8% |
Longer Sentences at Camp Lejeune
Confinement was part of 93% of the 137 convictions at Camp Lejeune. The median confinement was 8 months. At Mayport, the median was 6 months.
46 of the 137 Camp Lejeune convictions carried more than one year of confinement (34%), against 24% at Mayport. Only a general court-martial can adjudge more than one year. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
These are adjudged sentences: the sentence announced at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case.
| Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Mayport, Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| No confinement | 9 | 7% | 10% |
| Under 6 months | 40 | 29% | 38% |
| 6 months to 1 year | 42 | 31% | 28% |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 36 | 26% | 15% |
| 5 years or more | 10 | 7% | 10% |
Nearly Every Top Charge Ended in a Conviction
Article 112a and Article 81 each ended in a conviction on that article in every case that charged them: 40 of 40 and 24 of 24. The median confinement was 6 months for Article 112a and 11 months for Article 81.
Article 128 ended in a conviction in 43 of 44 cases (98%), with a median of 10 months. Article 121 (larceny) ended in a conviction in 29 of 30 cases (97%), with a median of 11 months. One case can include convictions on several of these articles, so the rows overlap.
| Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 44 | 43 (98%) | 10 months |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 40 | 40 (100%) | 6 months |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 30 | 29 (97%) | 11 months |
| Art. 81 Conspiracy | 24 | 24 (100%) | 11 months |
General and Special Courts-Martial
59 of the 140 Camp Lejeune cases were general courts-martial (42%), against 48% at Mayport. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge.
General courts-martial at Camp Lejeune produced a median confinement of 2 years. The 81 special courts-martial produced a median of 5 months.
Plea information is missing from almost all Camp Lejeune records in these years, so this page does not compare contested cases or acquittals. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea and forum.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | 140 | 0 of 4 | — | 8 months | 82% |
| Mayport, Florida | 97 | 32% | 15 of 30 | 6 months | 67% |
A Younger Group of Accused
Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) made up 80% of the accused at Camp Lejeune. NCOs made up 19%, and officers 1%. At Mayport, junior enlisted members were 46% of the accused.
Before the Military Justice Act Took Effect
All of these trials took place before the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019. That law later set fixed panel sizes, created judge-alone special courts-martial capped at six months with no punitive discharge, and brought in written plea agreements. None of those changes applied here.
What Falls Outside These Records
These records cover only cases that reached a courtroom. Cases resolved by nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, or no action are not included. The records also do not describe the evidence, the plea terms, or the date of each offense.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial tried at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (140) and Mayport, Florida (97) with trial dates in 2013–2018. Each figure for Camp Lejeune, North Carolina is set beside the same figure for Mayport, Florida.
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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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.