> ## 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. # Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 11 Cases Show - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/grand-forks-afb-north-dakota-courts-martial-2019-2023/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:02:45.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:02:45.000Z - Description: From 2019 to 2023, the records show 11 courts-martial at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. All 11 ended in a conviction that included confinement, with a median term of 2 months, compared with 4 months in the rest of the Air Force. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, Air Force [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota › 2019–2023 **Short answer:** From 2019 to 2023, the records show 11 courts-martial at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. All 11 ended in a conviction that included confinement, with a median term of 2 months, compared with 4 months in the rest of the Air Force. 73% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 56% across the Air Force. Based on 11 cases · 2019–2023 · Air Force records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Short Terms of Confinement Confinement was part of 100% of the 11 convictions at Grand Forks. Half of the terms were 2 months or less, compared with an Air Force median of 4 months. A quarter were 1.2 years or longer. These are adjudged sentences: what the court imposed at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in its case. ## Punitive Discharges Were More Common A punitive discharge followed 73% of enlisted convictions: 7 bad-conduct discharges and 1 dishonorable discharge. Across all Air Force cases in those years, the rate was 56%. Without a punitive discharge, a member can still be separated administratively. These records do not show administrative separations. ## What Was Charged All 11 records list charges. Article 112a (drug use or possession) appears in 4 cases (36%), compared with 41% across the Air Force. Article 134, the general article, appears in 3 (27%), compared with 21%. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) appears in 2 (18%), compared with 11%. Article 107 (false official statements), Article 85 (desertion), Article 86 (AWOL), and Article 93 (cruelty and maltreatment) each appear in 1 case. Any one case can count under several articles. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, all Air Force cases in those years | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 4 | 36% | 41% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 3 | 27% | 21% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 2 | 18% | 11% | | [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements | 1 | 9% | 6% | | Art. 85 Desertion | 1 | 9% | 1% | | [Art. 86](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-86/?ref=bodiesburied.com) AWOL | 1 | 9% | 5% | | Art. 93 Cruelty and maltreatment | 1 | 9% | 1% | ## Pleas, Forum, and Rank 8 records list a plea, and 2 of those were contested, meaning the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge. Neither of the 2 contested cases ended in a full acquittal. Members decided 27% of the cases: 2 enlisted panels and 1 officer panel. A military judge alone decided the other 8. 10 accused were junior enlisted (E-1 to E-4), 1 was an NCO (E-5 to E-9), and none were officers. That is more junior than the Air Force as a whole, where 64% were junior enlisted. Grand Forks had 6 general and 5 special courts-martial, a general share of 55% compared with 53% across the Air Force. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## Grand Forks, Mildenhall, and the Academy RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom and USAF Academy, Colorado each tried 20 cases in these years. Mildenhall had the same 73% punitive discharge rate as Grand Forks, and the Academy had 7%. Their median confinement was 8 months and 4 months. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | ------------------------------ | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota | 11 | 2 of 8 | 0 of 2 | 2 months | 73% | | RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom | 20 | 50% | 1 of 7 | 8 months | 73% | | USAF Academy, Colorado | 20 | 75% | 3 of 9 | 4 months | 7% | ## Dates and Gaps The trials ran from January 2019 to October 2023: 3 in 2019, 1 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 1 in 2022, and 1 in 2023\. They are 1% of the 1,361 Air Force courts-martial in those years. This is what reached a courtroom. Nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, the evidence, and any plea terms are outside these records. 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 Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota with a trial date in 2019–2023 (11 cases), compared with all 1,361 Air Force 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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James](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-christopher-d-james/) - [Shad R. Kidd](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-shad-r-kidd/) - [Bradley A. Morris](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-bradley-a-morris/) - [Matthew J. Neil](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-matthew-j-neil/) - [Julie L. Pitvorec](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-julie-l-pitvorec/) - [Matthew P. Stoffel](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-matthew-p-stoffel/) - [Charles G. Warren](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-charles-g-warren/) 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.