Fort Stewart vs. Camp Humphreys: Two Army Installations Side by Side, 2020–2023
Fort Stewart and Camp Humphreys each had 69 courts-martial from 2020–2023. The median confinement at Fort Stewart was 1 year, against 3 months at Camp Humphreys, and 78% of convicted enlisted members at Fort Stewart received a punitive discharge, against 52%.
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Short answer: Fort Stewart and Camp Humphreys each had 69 courts-martial from 2020–2023. The median confinement at Fort Stewart was 1 year, against 3 months at Camp Humphreys, and 78% of convicted enlisted members at Fort Stewart received a punitive discharge, against 52%.
Confinement Was Longer at Fort Stewart
51 Fort Stewart cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 41 of those sentences included confinement (80%). The median confinement was 1 year. At Camp Humphreys, it was 3 months.
Sentences of more than one year came more often at Fort Stewart: 19 of 51 convictions (37%), against 14% at Camp Humphreys. 16% of Fort Stewart convictions carried 5 years or more, against 2%. 1 Fort Stewart sentence was life.
At the other end, 20% of Fort Stewart convictions carried no confinement, compared with 35% at Camp Humphreys. 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, Camp Humphreys |
|---|---|---|---|
| No confinement | 10 | 20% | 35% |
| Under 6 months | 14 | 27% | 43% |
| 6 months to 1 year | 8 | 16% | 8% |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 11 | 22% | 12% |
| 5 years or more | 8 | 16% | 2% |
Punitive Discharges
Among 49 enlisted members convicted at Fort Stewart, 38 received a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge (78%). The Camp Humphreys share was 52%. 20 of the Fort Stewart discharges were dishonorable.
2 convicted officers or warrant officers appear in the Fort Stewart records, and none was dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Nearly as Many Contested Cases as Guilty Pleas
36 accused at Fort Stewart pleaded guilty and 33 contested at least one charge. A contested case is one with a not-guilty or mixed plea. The contested share was 48%, about the same as the 46% at Camp Humphreys.
26 of the 36 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement, and 10 have no entry. Army records say whether an agreement existed, not what it said.
Cases charging Article 134 (the general article) ended in a guilty plea 62% of the time (8 of 13), the most among the top charges. Cases charging Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) did so 36% of the time (8 of 22). The records do not say why an accused pleaded guilty or contested.
Full Acquittals by Forum
30 contested cases at Fort Stewart reached a verdict, and 13 ended in a full acquittal (43%). At Camp Humphreys, 14 of 30 did (47%). 14 more Fort Stewart cases split the charges, meaning not guilty of at least one charge but guilty of another.
A military judge alone decided guilt in 50 of 69 Fort Stewart cases (72%). Members heard 19: 18 enlisted panels and 1 officer panel. Among contested cases, members heard 19 of 33 (58%).
Full acquittals came in 6 of 17 contested cases decided by members (35%) and 7 of 13 contested judge-alone cases (54%). The accused usually chooses the forum, so these two groups of cases are not alike.
Charges at the Two Installations
The charge lists cover 62 of the 69 Fort Stewart cases, and one case can fall under several articles.
Article 120 was the most common charge at Fort Stewart, in 35% of cases, but less common than at Camp Humphreys, where it appeared in 44%. Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) appeared in 8% against 14%.
Article 120b (rape and sexual assault of a child) appeared in 15% of Fort Stewart cases and 0% of Camp Humphreys cases. Article 80 (attempts) appeared in 13% against 2%, and Article 112a (drug offenses) in 10% against 0%.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, Camp Humphreys in the same years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 22 | 35% | 44% |
| Art. 128 Assault | 19 | 31% | 33% |
| Art. 134 General article | 13 | 21% | 17% |
| Art. 128b Domestic violence | 9 | 15% | 14% |
| Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child | 9 | 15% | 0% |
| Art. 80 Attempts | 8 | 13% | 2% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 6 | 10% | 0% |
| Art. 115 Malingering before 2019, communicating threats since | 5 | 8% | 6% |
Conviction on Each Top Charge
Article 128b (domestic violence) most often ended in a conviction on that article: 8 of 9 cases, with a median confinement of 9 months. Article 128 (assault) followed at 14 of 19 (74%), with a median of 4 months.
Article 120 ended in a conviction in 15 of 22 cases (68%), with a median of 2 years. Article 134 had the lowest share, 8 of 13 (62%), with a median of 1.3 years. These rows overlap, since one 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. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 22 | 15 (68%) | 2 years |
| Art. 128 Assault | 19 | 14 (74%) | 4 months |
| Art. 134 General article | 13 | 8 (62%) | 1.3 years |
| Art. 128b Domestic violence | 9 | 8 (8 of 9) | 9 months |
Court Level and Rank
General courts-martial made up 87% of Fort Stewart cases (60 of 69). A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year.
By rank, the accused were 43 junior enlisted members, 23 NCOs, and 3 officers. The sheet describes this group as more junior than the accused at Camp Humphreys.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Stewart | 69 | 48% | 13 of 30 | 1 year | 78% |
| Camp Humphreys | 69 | 46% | 14 of 30 | 3 months | 52% |
Cases by Year and Record Limits
The Fort Stewart records run from August 2020 to December 2023. By year: 2020: 5, 2021: 18, 2022: 22, 2023: 24. Army records in this data are sparse before 2021, after the services were required to begin publishing trial records under Article 140a by December 2020.
Trial records show charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or conduct handled outside a court-martial.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial tried at Fort Stewart (69) and Camp Humphreys (69) with trial dates in 2020–2023. Each figure for Fort Stewart is set beside the same figure for Camp Humphreys.
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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Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Fort Stewart, 2020–2023
- Alyssa S. Adams
- James Barkei
- Trevor I. Barna
- Gregory B. Batdorff
- John H. Cook
- Albert G. Courie III
- Amy S. Fitzgibbons
- Jerrod B. Fussnecker
- Tyler J. Heimann
- Benjamin W. Hillner
- Scott Z. Hughes
- Adam S. Kazin
- Joseph T. Marcee
- Stephan E. Nolten
- Charles L. Pritchard Jr.
- William C. Ramsey
- Robert W. Rideout Jr.
- Troy A. Smith
- Clay M. West
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.