> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fort Leonard Wood Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 38 Cases Show - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-leonard-wood-courts-martial-2024-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:31:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:02:40.000Z - Description: Fort Leonard Wood tried 38 courts-martial from 2024–2026. The median confinement was 2 months, compared with 6 months in all Army cases in those years. 52% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 73% in the rest of the Army. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Fort Leonard Wood, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Fort Leonard Wood](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-fort-leonard-wood/) › 2024–2026 **Short answer:** Fort Leonard Wood tried 38 courts-martial from 2024–2026\. The median confinement was 2 months, compared with 6 months in all Army cases in those years. 52% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 73% in the rest of the Army. Based on 38 cases · 2024–2026 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## A 2-Month Median Sentence Of 36 convictions, 31 included confinement. The median was 2 months, lower than 6 months Army-wide. 58% of convictions included under 6 months, compared with 39% across the Army. Some sentences were long. A quarter of those sentences were 1.1 years or longer. 11% of convictions included 5 years or more, and 1 was a life sentence. 8 of 36 convictions (22%) included more than one year, compared with 30% in the rest of the Army. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Army-wide | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------------- | | No confinement | 5 | 14% | 15% | | Under 6 months | 21 | 58% | 39% | | 6 months to 1 year | 2 | 6% | 17% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 4 | 11% | 21% | | 5 years or more | 4 | 11% | 9% | ## Short Terms at Special Courts-Martial A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence. The 15 special courts-martial here had a median confinement of 31 days, and none was contested. The 22 general courts-martial had a median of 8 months, and 32% were contested. General courts-martial made up 59% of cases with a court level listed, compared with 69% Army-wide. ## Has Anything Changed Since 2020–2023? In 2020–2023, Fort Leonard Wood had 27 cases, about 9 a year. Since then it has had about 13 a year, counting full years only. Median confinement went from 6 months to 2 months. Punitive discharges for convicted enlisted members went from 83% to 52%. Convictions with confinement went from 72% to 86%. The contested share went from 22% to 18%. Full acquittals in contested cases that reached a verdict went from 2 of 6 to 2 of 7\. Small groups change with a few cases either way, so these are directions, not precise measures. | | 2021–2023 | 2024–2026 | | ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | | Cases | 27 | 38 | | Contested (of pleas recorded) | 22% | 18% | | Full acquittals (decided contested) | 2 of 6 | 2 of 7 | | Convictions with confinement | 72% | 86% | | Median confinement | 6 months | 2 months | | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 83% | 52% | | General courts-martial | 65% | 59% | ## Discharges and Dismissals Among 31 enlisted members convicted, 16 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (52%), compared with 73% across the Army. Of those, 7 were dishonorable. Of 5 convicted officers or warrant officers, 2 were dismissed. Dismissal is the officer equivalent of a punitive discharge. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not track. ## Which Charges Were Most Common? All 38 records list charges. Article 134 (the general article) and Article 128 (assault) were each charged in 9 cases (24%), compared with 21% and 20% Army-wide. Drunken or reckless vehicle operation (Article 113) was charged in 11%, compared with 3%. Domestic violence (Article 128b) was charged less often: 16% compared with 25%. Sexual assault (Article 120) was charged in 11%, the same as the Army share. Child sexual abuse (Article 120b) was charged in 11% of cases, compared with 8%. Each article counts once per case, so one case can appear in several rows. All 9 cases charging Article 134 ended in a conviction on that article. All 9 charging Article 128 did too. The median confinement for those convictions was 53 days and 32 days. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the whole Army docket | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 9 | 24% | 21% | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 9 | 24% | 20% | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 6 | 16% | 25% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 4 | 11% | 11% | | [Art. 120b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault of a child | 4 | 11% | 8% | | [Art. 113](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-113/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Drunken or reckless operation of vehicle | 4 | 11% | 3% | | [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts | 3 | 8% | 8% | | [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements | 3 | 8% | 5% | ## Pleas, Agreements, and Forum A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. Here, 31 accused pleaded guilty and 7 cases were contested. The contested share was 18%, about the same as 21% across the Army. Army records note whether a guilty plea came with a plea agreement, not its terms. 29 of the 31 did, and 2 have no entry. Members heard 16% of cases with the forum listed: 5 enlisted panels and 1 officer panel. A military judge alone heard 32\. Most judge-alone cases are guilty pleas. | Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it | | ------------------------ | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- | | Art. 134 General article | 9 | 9 (9 of 9) | 53 days | | Art. 128 Assault | 9 | 9 (9 of 9) | 32 days | ## Similar-Sized Posts Fort Benning tried 37 cases and Camp Humphreys 36 in the same years. Their median confinement was 5 months and 6 months, compared with 2 months here. Their enlisted punitive discharge shares were 60% and 61%. Their contested shares were 20% and 31%. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | ----------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Fort Leonard Wood | 38 | 18% | 2 of 7 | 2 months | 52% | | Fort Benning | 37 | 20% | 4 of 7 | 5 months | 60% | | Camp Humphreys | 36 | 31% | 4 of 11 | 6 months | 61% | ## Who Stood Trial, and When The accused included 14 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 19 NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 5 officers or warrant officers. In the Army as a whole, 53% were junior enlisted. The cases are from January 2024 through October 2026: 15 in 2024, 11 in 2025, and 12 in 2026, a partial year. That is 3% of the 1,252 Army courts-martial in those years. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute covered offenses. New sentencing parameters apply to offenses after December 27, 2023\. The records do not give offense dates. ## Beyond These Records Only courtroom cases appear here. Nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, and cases with no action are absent, and the evidence and plea terms are not described. 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 in the data tried at Fort Leonard Wood with a trial date in 2024–2026 (38 cases), compared with all 1,252 Army trials in those years. Dates are trial dates. 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/). 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Babin Jr.](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-larry-a-babin-jr/) - [Jerrod B. Fussnecker](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-jerrod-b-fussnecker/) - [Frederic P. Gallun](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-frederic-p-gallun/) - [Laura A. Odonnell](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-laura-a-odonnell/) - [Scott A. Oravec](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-scott-a-oravec/) - [Alexander N. Pickands](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-alexander-n-pickands/) - [Kenton E. Spiegler](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-kenton-e-spiegler/) 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.