> ## 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. # What Changed at JBSA - Lackland, Texas After 2024? 25 Cases vs. 13 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/jbsa-lackland-texas-before-after-2024/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:06:14.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:06:14.000Z - Description: JBSA - Lackland, Texas had 13 courts-martial from April 2024 through September 2026, compared with 25 in 2019–2023. The contested share went from 56% to 40%, and the median confinement went from 4 months to 2 months. A punitive discharge followed 7 of 9 enlisted convictions. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, JBSA - Lackland, Texas, Air Force [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [JBSA - Lackland, Texas](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-jbsa-lackland-texas/) › Before and after 2024 **Short answer:** JBSA - Lackland, Texas had 13 courts-martial from April 2024 through September 2026, compared with 25 in 2019–2023\. The contested share went from 56% to 40%, and the median confinement went from 4 months to 2 months. A punitive discharge followed 7 of 9 enlisted convictions. Based on 13 cases · 2024–2026 · Air Force records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Fewer Contested Cases Of the 13 cases, 10 records list a plea: 6 guilty pleas and 4 contested cases. The contested share, 40%, was about the same as the 43% elsewhere in the Air Force and lower than the 56% at Lackland in 2019–2023\. A contested case is one where the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge. Of the 4 contested cases that reached a verdict, 3 ended in a full acquittal. In 2019–2023, 8 of 10 did. | | 2019–2023 | 2024–2026 | | ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | | Cases | 25 | 13 | | Contested (of pleas recorded) | 56% | 40% | | Full acquittals (decided contested) | 8 of 10 | 3 of 4 | | Convictions with confinement | 87% | 8 of 9 | | Median confinement | 4 months | 2 months | | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 60% | 7 of 9 | | General courts-martial | 60% | 54% | ## Short Confinement Terms Confinement was part of 8 of 9 convictions. The median confinement was 2 months, down from 4 months in 2019–2023\. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. A punitive discharge followed 7 of 9 enlisted convictions, compared with 60% at Lackland in 2019–2023\. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## Orders, Drugs, Assault, and Sexual Assault All 13 records list charges. Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) and Article 112a (drugs) each appeared in 4 cases (31%). Air Force-wide, the shares were 16% and 20%. Article 128 (assault) and Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) each appeared in 3 cases (23%), compared with 13% for each across the Air Force. Article 134, the general article, appeared in 1 case (8%), compared with 24% Air Force-wide. Article 130 (stalking) and Article 85 (desertion) each appeared once. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the Air Force as a whole | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 4 | 31% | 16% | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 4 | 31% | 20% | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 3 | 23% | 13% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 3 | 23% | 13% | | [Art. 120b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault of a child | 1 | 8% | 9% | | Art. 130 Stalking | 1 | 8% | 1% | | Art. 85 Desertion | 1 | 8% | 1% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 1 | 8% | 24% | ## Who Decided Guilt and at What Level A military judge alone decided 11 cases. Members heard 15% of the cases: 2 enlisted panels and no officer panels. General courts-martial heard 7 cases and special courts-martial heard 6\. The general share, 54%, compares with 56% Air Force-wide. A special court-martial caps confinement at 1 year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## Rank and Case Counts The accused were 7 junior enlisted members and 6 NCOs, with no officers. The group is more senior than the rest of the Air Force. The records show 7 cases in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 3 so far in 2026, a partial year. That is about 5 a year, the same pace as 2019–2023. ## Compared With Ramstein and McConnell Ramstein AB, Germany tried 20 cases and McConnell AFB, Kansas tried 21 in the same years. Ramstein had a median confinement of 9 months and McConnell 3 months. Ramstein had 3 full acquittals in 10 decided contested cases, and McConnell had 1 in 3. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | ---------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | JBSA - Lackland, Texas | 13 | 40% | 3 of 4 | 2 months | 7 of 9 | | Ramstein AB, Germany | 20 | 59% | 3 of 10 | 9 months | 65% | | McConnell AFB, Kansas | 21 | 21% | 1 of 3 | 3 months | 44% | ## Law Changes and What Is Missing Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether covered offenses such as sexual assault and domestic violence go to trial. For offenses after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. The records do not give offense dates, so trials from 2024 on include cases under both sets of rules. The records also leave out the evidence, plea terms, and cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation. 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 tried at JBSA - Lackland, Texas in 2019–2023 (25) and 2024–2026 (13). 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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Babor](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-willie-j-babor/) - [Tiny L. Bowman](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-tiny-l-bowman/) - [David Michael Cisek](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-david-michael-cisek/) - [Bradley J. Palmer](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-bradley-j-palmer/) 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.