What Was Tried at Fort Campbell, 2020–2023? 99 Courts-Martial
Fort Campbell tried 99 courts-martial from May 2020 to December 2023, 6% of the 1,581 Army cases in those years. Article 128 (assault) was charged in 48% of the cases with charges listed, compared with 31% Army-wide.
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Short answer: Fort Campbell tried 99 courts-martial from May 2020 to December 2023, 6% of the 1,581 Army cases in those years. Article 128 (assault) was charged in 48% of the cases with charges listed, compared with 31% Army-wide. The median confinement was 3 months, compared with 6 months across the Army. Of convicted enlisted members, 83% received a punitive discharge, compared with 73% Army-wide.
Assault Was the Most Common Charge
Charge lists cover 95 of the 99 cases. Article 128 (assault) was charged in 46 of them (48%), compared with 31% across the Army. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) was next with 24 cases, the same as the Army share of 25%. Article 134 (the general article) was charged in 16 cases, 17% compared with 22% Army-wide.
Article 107 (false official statements) was charged more often than Army-wide, in 13% of cases compared with 8%. So was Article 85 (desertion), in 7% compared with 2%. A case with several articles appears under each of them.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the whole Army docket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 46 | 48% | 31% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 24 | 25% | 25% |
| Art. 134 General article | 16 | 17% | 22% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 12 | 13% | 8% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 11 | 12% | 15% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 10 | 11% | 11% |
| Art. 85 Desertion | 7 | 7% | 2% |
| Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child | 6 | 6% | 8% |
Conviction Rates by Charge
Among the top charges, Article 107 most often ended with a conviction on that article (11 of 12, or 92%), followed by Article 134 (13 of 16, 81%) and Article 128 (35 of 46, 76%). Convictions on each of those articles carried a median of 3 months of confinement.
Article 120 had the lowest conviction rate. Only 9 of 24 cases ended in a conviction on that article (38%). Those convictions carried a median of 2 years. Rows overlap, since a single case can include a conviction on one article and an acquittal on another.
| Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 46 | 35 (76%) | 3 months |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 24 | 9 (38%) | 2 years |
| Art. 134 General article | 16 | 13 (81%) | 3 months |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 12 | 11 (92%) | 3 months |
Shorter Confinement Than Army-Wide
Of 87 convictions, 63 included confinement. The median confinement was 3 months, shorter than the 6 months for the Army. A quarter of terms were 10 months or longer. Of those sentences, 1 was confinement for life.
Sentences longer than one year were less common than Army-wide: 13 of 87 convictions (15%), compared with 27%. Convictions with no confinement made up 28%, compared with 17%. Sentences under 6 months made up 49%, compared with 39%. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and each covers every charge in the case.
| Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Army cases in those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| No confinement | 24 | 28% | 17% |
| Under 6 months | 43 | 49% | 39% |
| 6 months to 1 year | 7 | 8% | 17% |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 9 | 10% | 19% |
| 5 years or more | 4 | 5% | 8% |
More Punitive Discharges Than Army-Wide
Of convicted enlisted members, 83% received a punitive discharge: 53 bad-conduct and 14 dishonorable discharges. The share across the Army was 73%. The records show 6 convicted officers or warrant officers, 2 of whom were dismissed.
A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge for an enlisted member. The officer equivalent is a dismissal. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Guilty Pleas and Agreements
Of the 99 cases, 79 involved a guilty plea and 20 were contested, meaning a not-guilty plea to at least one charge. The 20% contested share is lower than the 35% in the rest of the Army. Of the 79 guilty pleas, 73 are recorded with a plea agreement, and 6 have no entry. Army records note whether a plea agreement existed but not its terms.
The records do not say why an accused pleaded guilty or contested the charges.
Contested Cases, Verdicts, and Panels
Of 18 contested cases that reached a verdict, 8 ended in a full acquittal (44%), higher than the 37% in the rest of the Army. Another 8 were partial acquittals, not guilty of at least one charge but guilty of another. Army results list findings charge by charge, so partial acquittals appear often.
A military judge alone heard 89 cases, enlisted panels 9, and an officer panel 1, so members heard 10% of cases. Among contested cases, members heard 10 of 20 (50%). The accused usually chooses whether a judge or a panel decides guilt.
Court Levels and Peer Installations
General courts-martial made up 79% of the cases (78 of 99). At that level, 79% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 3 months. At the 21 special courts-martial, 50% did, with a median of 26 days.
Fort Bliss (102 cases) and Fort Carson (76) were comparable in size. Both had higher contested shares, 32% and 29%, and longer median confinement, 8 months and 7 months. Full acquittals were 10 of 31 contested cases that reached a verdict at Fort Bliss and 6 of 22 at Fort Carson. Enlisted punitive discharge shares were 80% and 89%, compared with 83% here.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Campbell | 99 | 20% | 8 of 18 | 3 months | 83% |
| Fort Bliss | 102 | 32% | 10 of 31 | 8 months | 80% |
| Fort Carson | 76 | 29% | 6 of 22 | 7 months | 89% |
Rank, Timing, and Data Limits
The accused were 68 junior enlisted members, 25 NCOs, and 6 officers or warrant officers, a more junior group than the Army as a whole, where 57% were junior enlisted. The yearly count was 5 in 2020, 41 in 2021, 27 in 2022, and 26 in 2023. Army records in this data start in 2020 and fill in during 2021, so 2020 is thin.
The records do not give offense dates, describe evidence, or state plea terms, and they leave out nonjudicial punishment and administrative separations.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial in the data tried at Fort Campbell with a trial date in 2020–2023 (99 cases), compared with all 1,581 Army trials in those years. Dates are trial dates.
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.
Related Analysis
- Fort Campbell: Court-Martial Data and Trends (hub)
- Army Courts-Martial: Data and Trends (hub)
- By Installation (hub)
- Inside 87 Courts-Martial at Fort Campbell, 2024–2026 (another period)
- Fort Bliss, 2020–2023: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 102 Cases (same years, similar size)
- Inside 76 Courts-Martial at Fort Carson, 2020–2023 (same years, similar size)
- Article 128 at Fort Campbell Before and After 2024
- Camp Humphreys, 2020–2023: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 69 Cases
- Fort Bragg Courts-Martial, 2020–2023: What 143 Cases Show
- Search every case in Military Trial Results (members)
Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Fort Campbell, 2020–2023
- Lanny Acosta Jr.
- Trevor I. Barna
- Gregory B. Batdorff
- Gregory R. Bockin
- Robert A. Cohen
- John H. Cook
- Michael C. Farkas
- Timothy P. Hayes Jr.
- Adam S. Kazin
- Grady J. Leupold
- John R. Maloney
- Daniel L. Mazzone
- Sean S. Park
- William C. Ramsey
- Travis Rogers
- Sasha N. Rutizer
- Jacqueline Tubbs
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.