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# Fort Campbell in 2022: 27 Courts-Martial, Year in Review
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-campbell-courts-martial-2022/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:54:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:12:39.000Z
- Description: Fort Campbell had 27 courts-martial in 2022. The median confinement was 41 days, compared with 6 months in the rest of the Army. Only 15% of cases were contested, compared with 36% Army-wide. Of convicted enlisted members, 83% received a punitive discharge.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Fort Campbell, Army

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**Short answer:** Fort Campbell had 27 courts-martial in 2022\. The median confinement was 41 days, compared with 6 months in the rest of the Army. Only 15% of cases were contested, compared with 36% Army-wide. Of convicted enlisted members, 83% received a punitive discharge.

Based on 27 cases · 2022 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026

## A Median Confinement of 41 Days

Of 27 cases, 25 ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 20 of those sentences included confinement (80%). The median confinement was 41 days. A quarter of sentences were 5 months or longer. Across the Army, the median was 6 months.

Most sentences were short. Sentences under 6 months made up 68% of convictions, compared with 41% in the rest of the Army. Only 2 of 25 convictions (8%) carried more than one year of confinement, compared with 27% Army-wide. None were 5 years or more.

| Adjudged confinement            | Convictions | Share here | Share, the rest of the Army |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------------------------- |
| No confinement                  | 5           | 20%        | 16%                         |
| Under 6 months                  | 17          | 68%        | 41%                         |
| 6 months to 1 year              | 1           | 4%         | 16%                         |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 2           | 8%         | 20%                         |
| 5 years or more                 | 0           | 0%         | 7%                          |

## Reading the Sentence Figures

These are adjudged sentences: the terms set at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each one covers all the charges in a case, so a sentence cannot be assigned to a single offense. Only a general court-martial can impose more than one year of confinement. A special court-martial is capped at one year.

## Punitive Discharges Were Common

The short confinement terms did not come with fewer punitive discharges. Of convicted enlisted members, 83% received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge: 17 bad-conduct and 2 dishonorable. In the rest of the Army, the share was 76%.

The records include 2 convicted officers or warrant officers, and neither was dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not track.

## Very Few Contested Cases

A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. At Fort Campbell, 23 accused pleaded guilty and 4 contested, a contested share of 15%, compared with 36% in the Army as a whole. Of the 4 contested cases that reached a verdict, 2 ended in a full acquittal.

Of the guilty pleas, 21 are recorded with a plea agreement and 2 have no entry. Army records say whether an agreement existed, not what it said. The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. Members heard 11% of cases, all 3 on enlisted panels, and a judge alone heard the other 24.

## Sexual Assault and the General Article

All 27 records list charges, and a case with several articles appears under each. Article 120 (sexual assault) and Article 134 (general article) were each charged in 9 cases (33%), compared with 26% and 21% in all Army cases that year.

Article 85 (desertion) was charged in 11% of cases, compared with 2% Army-wide. Article 93 (cruelty and maltreatment) was charged in 7%, compared with 3%. Article 128 (assault) was close to the Army rate, at 30% compared with 27%.

| UCMJ Article                                                                                                                               | Cases | Share here | Share, the whole Army docket |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ---------- | ---------------------------- |
| [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault                    | 9     | 33%        | 26%                          |
| [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article                   | 9     | 33%        | 21%                          |
| [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault                           | 8     | 30%        | 27%                          |
| [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 5     | 19%        | 18%                          |
| [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements         | 3     | 11%        | 8%                           |
| Art. 85 Desertion                                                                                                                          | 3     | 11%        | 2%                           |
| [Art. 115](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-115/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Communicating threats             | 2     | 7%         | 6%                           |
| Art. 93 Cruelty and maltreatment                                                                                                           | 2     | 7%         | 3%                           |

## How the Top Charges Ended

Article 134 most often ended in a conviction on that article, 7 of 9, with a median confinement of 2 months. Assault charges led to a conviction in 6 of 8 cases, with a median of 14 days.

Article 120 charges ended in a conviction on that article in 3 of 9 cases, the fewest among the top charges. The median for those convictions was 1 year. The rows overlap because a single case can produce 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. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 9                 | 3 (3 of 9)              | 1 year                                  |
| Art. 134 General article         | 9                 | 7 (7 of 9)              | 2 months                                |
| Art. 128 Assault                 | 8                 | 6 (6 of 8)              | 14 days                                 |

## Fewer Cases Than 2021

The number of cases fell from 41 in 2021 to 27 in 2022\. The contested share fell from 22% to 15%. The median confinement fell from 3 months to 41 days.

The share of convictions with confinement increased from 68% to 80%. The enlisted punitive discharge share increased from 78% to 83%. Full acquittals went from 4 of 9 contested cases that reached a verdict to 2 of 4\. The general court-martial share fell from 83% to 78%. These groups are small, so a few cases can change any of these figures.

|                                     | 2021     | 2022    |
| ----------------------------------- | -------- | ------- |
| Cases                               | 41       | 27      |
| Contested (of pleas recorded)       | 22%      | 15%     |
| Full acquittals (decided contested) | 4 of 9   | 2 of 4  |
| Convictions with confinement        | 68%      | 80%     |
| Median confinement                  | 3 months | 41 days |
| Punitive discharge (enlisted)       | 78%      | 83%     |
| General courts-martial              | 83%      | 78%     |

## Rank and Court Level

The accused were 18 junior enlisted soldiers, 7 NCOs, and 2 officers, a more junior group than across the Army. The cases included 21 general and 6 special courts-martial, a general share of 78% compared with 75% Army-wide. A general court-martial can impose a dishonorable discharge and long confinement. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.

## Camp Humphreys and Fort Carson

Camp Humphreys tried 26 cases, and 54% were contested. Of 14 contested cases that reached a verdict, 5 ended in a full acquittal. Its median confinement was 4 months, and 40% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge. Fort Carson tried 23 cases with a 26% contested share. It had 2 full acquittals in 6, a median of 1 year, and a 90% punitive discharge share.

| Installation   | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
| -------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| Fort Campbell  | 27    | 15%       | 2 of 4                              | 41 days            | 83%                           |
| Camp Humphreys | 26    | 54%       | 5 of 14                             | 4 months           | 40%                           |
| Fort Carson    | 23    | 26%       | 2 of 6                              | 1 year             | 90%                           |

## What Stays Outside the Data

Only cases that reached a courtroom are counted. Nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, and cases where no action was taken do not appear. The records describe neither the evidence nor the plea terms.

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 Fort Campbell with a trial date in 2022 (27 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.

## Related Analysis

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- [By Year](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-year/) (hub)
- [What Fort Campbell Tried in 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-campbell-courts-martial-2021/) (previous / next)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Campbell: 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-campbell-courts-martial-2023/) (previous / next)
- [What Was Tried at Fort Campbell, 2020–2023? 99 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-campbell-courts-martial-2020-2023/) (the whole period)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys: 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-courts-martial-2024/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys: 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-courts-martial-2025/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2022/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2023/)
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## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Fort Campbell, 2022

- [Gregory R. Bockin](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-gregory-r-bockin/)
- [Grady J. Leupold](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-grady-j-leupold/)
- [John R. Maloney](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-john-r-maloney/)
- [Sean S. Park](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-sean-s-park/)
- [William C. Ramsey](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-william-c-ramsey/)
- [Travis Rogers](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-travis-rogers/)
- [Jacqueline Tubbs](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-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](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.