JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia, 2016–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 16 Cases
JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia had 16 Air Force courts-martial from June 2016 to December 2018, 2% of the 991 Air Force cases in those years. Only 1 ended in a full acquittal (6%), compared with 20% across the Air Force.
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Short answer: JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia had 16 Air Force courts-martial from June 2016 to December 2018, 2% of the 991 Air Force cases in those years. Only 1 ended in a full acquittal (6%), compared with 20% across the Air Force. The median confinement was 8 months, compared with 4 months Air Force-wide.
A Single Full Acquittal in 16 Cases
Of the 16 cases, 1 ended in a full acquittal (6%). Across the Air Force in those years, 20% of cases did. A full acquittal means a finding of not guilty on every charge.
Air Force records from 2016 to 2019 rarely list the plea when the accused pleaded guilty. For that reason this figure counts acquittals against all cases, not only contested cases.
Confinement Terms
Confinement was part of 67% of the 15 convictions. The median confinement was 8 months, compared with 4 months in all Air Force cases in those years. Among sentences with confinement, a quarter were 7 years or longer.
These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each one covers every charge in the case.
Orders Violations Were Charged More Often
Charges are listed for 15 of the 16 cases. Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) and Article 112a (drug offenses) were each charged in 5 cases, 33% each. Article 92 was charged more often than across the Air Force, where the share was 16%. Article 112a was charged less often than the Air Force share of 48%.
Article 128 (assault), Article 120b (rape and sexual assault of a child), Article 134 (the general article), and Article 107 (false official statements) were each charged in 2 cases. A case with several articles is counted under each one.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the rest of the Air Force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 5 | 33% | 16% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 5 | 33% | 48% |
| Art. 128 Assault | 2 | 13% | 11% |
| Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child | 2 | 13% | 10% |
| Art. 134 General article | 2 | 13% | 25% |
| Art. 107 False official statements | 2 | 13% | 7% |
| Art. 90 Willfully disobeying superior officer | 1 | 7% | 1% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 1 | 7% | 7% |
Discharges for Enlisted Members
A punitive discharge followed 53% of enlisted convictions: 4 bad-conduct discharges and 4 dishonorable discharges. That is about the same as the 55% for the Air Force as a whole. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Panels Heard Half the Cases
Members heard 50% of the cases with the forum listed: 2 enlisted panels and 6 officer panels. A military judge alone heard the other 8. The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt.
Rank and Court Level
The accused were 10 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) and 6 NCOs (E-5 to E-9). No officers or warrant officers were tried. That mix is similar to the Air Force as a whole, where 63% were junior enlisted.
There were 5 general and 11 special courts-martial. The general court-martial share, 31%, was lower than the 47% Air Force-wide. A special court-martial caps confinement at 1 year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
Similar Installations
Hill AFB, Utah and Moody AFB, Georgia each tried 20 cases in the same years. Hill had a median confinement of 6 months and a punitive discharge rate of 53%. Moody had a median of 4 months and a rate of 67%.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia | 16 | — | — | 8 months | 53% |
| Hill AFB, Utah | 20 | — | — | 6 months | 53% |
| Moody AFB, Georgia | 20 | — | — | 4 months | 67% |
Before the 2019 Changes, and Other Limits
The 16 cases were tried in 2016 (4), 2017 (8), and 2018 (4). All came before the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019, so its changes to panel sizes, judge-alone special courts-martial, and plea agreements did not apply.
The records show only cases that reached a courtroom. They do not include nonjudicial punishment or administrative separations, and they do not describe the evidence or plea terms.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial in the data tried at JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia with a trial date in 2016–2018 (16 cases), compared with all 991 Air Force trials in those years. Dates are trial dates.
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 JB Langley-Eustis, Virginia, 2016–2018
- Bryon T. Gleisner
- Ryan A. Hendricks
- John C. Johnson
- Andrew Kalavanos
- J. Wesley Moore
- Lyndell M. Powell
- Matthew S. Ward
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.