Comparing Fort Hood and Fort Campbell: Army Courts-Martial, 2024–2026

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Based on 138 cases · 2024–2026 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026

The General Article and Attempts

The charge lists cover 131 of the 138 Fort Hood cases. A case with three articles appears in three rows.

Article 134 (the general article) was the most common charge at Fort Hood, in 28% of cases, against 21% at Fort Campbell. Article 80 (attempts) was charged in 13%, against 8%.

Article 128 (assault) and Article 121 (larceny) were less common at Fort Hood. Article 128 appeared in 18% of Fort Hood cases and 24% of Fort Campbell cases. Article 121 appeared in 5% and 11%. Article 128b (domestic violence) appeared in 24% and 22%.

Acquittals When the Accused Contested

Contested cases are those with a not-guilty or mixed plea. 24 contested cases at Fort Hood reached a verdict, and 10 ended in a full acquittal (42%). At Fort Campbell, 4 of 12 did (33%).

8 more Fort Hood cases split the charges. A partial acquittal means not guilty of at least one charge or specification, but guilty of another. Army results list findings charge by charge, so partial acquittals are common in Army records.

Members acquitted in full in 50% of contested cases they decided at Fort Hood, and military judges in 33%. The accused chooses the forum in most cases, so the two groups of cases are not alike.

Guilty Pleas and Agreements

Fort Hood had 109 guilty pleas and 29 contested cases. The contested share was 21%, against 14% at Fort Campbell.

107 of the 109 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement, and 2 have no entry. Army records say whether an agreement existed, not what it said.

Cases charging Article 128b ended in a guilty plea 84% of the time (26 of 31), the most among the top charges. Cases charging Article 80 did so 76% of the time (13 of 17). The records do not say why an accused pleaded guilty or contested.

Confinement Had the Same Median

Fort Hood had 121 convictions, and confinement was part of 77% of them. The median confinement was 1 year at both Fort Hood and Fort Campbell. 1 Fort Hood sentence was life.

The two installations differed at the ends of the range. 23% of Fort Hood convictions carried no confinement, against 11% at Fort Campbell. Sentences of 5 years or more were 17% at Fort Hood and 9% at Fort Campbell. Overall, sentences longer than one year came less often at Fort Hood: 44 of 121 convictions (36%), against 40%.

These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case.

Conviction Shares on the Top Charges

Article 80 most often ended in a conviction on that article: 16 of 17 cases (94%). The median confinement for those convictions was 12 years, the longest among the top charges.

Article 128 ended in a conviction in 21 of 23 cases (91%), with a median of 6 months. Article 128b ended in a conviction in 28 of 31 (90%), with a median of 5 months. Article 134 had the lowest share, 33 of 37 (89%), with a median of 1.5 years. One case can include a conviction on one article and an acquittal on another, so these rows overlap.

Punitive Discharges and Dismissals

A punitive discharge followed 83% of enlisted convictions at Fort Hood: 57 bad-conduct discharges and 31 dishonorable discharges. At Fort Campbell, the share was 88%.

15 convicted officers or warrant officers appear in the Fort Hood records, and 9 were dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.

Court Level, Forum, and Rank

General courts-martial made up 82% of the 137 Fort Hood cases with a court level listed (113 of 137). At that level, 81% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 1.5 years. At the 24 special courts-martial, 60% did, with a median of 51 days. The court level is not listed for 1 case.

Members heard 12% of Fort Hood cases with the forum listed: 14 enlisted panels and 3 officer panels. The other 121 were judge alone. Among contested cases, members heard 17 of 29 (59%).

By rank, the accused were 73 junior enlisted members, 48 NCOs, and 17 officers. The sheet describes this group as more senior than the accused at Fort Campbell.

Years and Rule Changes

The records run from January 2024 to October 2026. By year: 2024: 56, 2025: 48, 2026: 34. The 2026 count is a partial year.

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 is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so these years mix old-rule and new-rule cases.

What the Records Omit

The records do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. They do not show cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation.

Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.

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.