What Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay Tried in 2025
The records list 16 courts-martial at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay in 2025. The median confinement was 7 months, compared with 4 months across the Navy and Marine Corps, and 73% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 46% service-wide.
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Short answer: The records list 16 courts-martial at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay in 2025. The median confinement was 7 months, compared with 4 months across the Navy and Marine Corps, and 73% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 46% service-wide.
Punitive Discharges
A punitive discharge followed 73% of enlisted convictions: 6 bad-conduct discharges and 5 dishonorable discharges. In the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole, the share was 46%.
A punitive discharge is part of the adjudged sentence. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Confinement
Of 15 convictions, 10 included confinement. The median confinement was 7 months, compared with 4 months in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of the sentences with confinement were 4 years or longer.
These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and each covers every charge in the case.
Compared With 2024
The records list 25 cases in 2024 and 16 in 2025. The contested share went from 22% to 38%. Full acquittals in contested cases went from 0 of 5 to 1 of 6. Median confinement went from 5 months to 7 months.
Convictions with confinement went from 72% to 67%. Punitive discharges for convicted enlisted members went from 78% to 73%, and the general court-martial share went from 36% to 31%. Small groups can change with a few cases.
| 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases | 25 | 16 |
| Contested (of pleas recorded) | 22% | 38% |
| Full acquittals (decided contested) | 0 of 5 | 1 of 6 |
| Convictions with confinement | 72% | 67% |
| Median confinement | 5 months | 7 months |
| Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 78% | 73% |
| General courts-martial | 36% | 31% |
Pleas
Of the 16 cases, 10 ended in a guilty plea and 6 were contested. The contested share of 38% was about the same as the 37% across the Navy and Marine Corps.
Domestic Violence and Orders Charges
All 16 records list charges. Article 128b (domestic violence) appeared in 4 cases (25%), compared with 11% across the service. Article 92 also appeared in 4 cases (25%), about the same as the 24% service-wide.
Article 120b, Article 80, Article 112a, and Article 119b (child endangerment) each appeared in 2 cases (12%). A case with several articles counts under each one.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 4 | 25% | 24% |
| Art. 128b Domestic violence | 4 | 25% | 11% |
| Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child | 2 | 12% | 4% |
| Art. 80 Attempts | 2 | 12% | 8% |
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 2 | 12% | 10% |
| Art. 119b Child endangerment | 2 | 12% | 3% |
| Art. 87a Resistance, flight, breach of arrest | 1 | 6% | 1% |
| Art. 89 Disrespect toward superior officer; assault of superior officer | 1 | 6% | 2% |
Rank and Court Level
Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) made up 56% of the accused and NCOs made up 44%. No officers were tried. Across the Navy and Marine Corps, 62% of the accused were junior enlisted.
General courts-martial heard 5 of the 16 cases (31%). A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
Okinawa and Quantico
Okinawa, Japan tried 20 cases and Quantico, Virginia tried 22 in the same year. The median confinement was 6 months at Okinawa and 8 months at Quantico. Both had a punitive discharge share of 53% for convicted enlisted members.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay | 16 | 38% | 1 of 6 | 7 months | 73% |
| Okinawa, Japan | 20 | 20% | 2 of 4 | 6 months | 53% |
| Quantico, Virginia | 22 | 55% | 3 of 12 | 8 months | 53% |
Law Changes and Record Limits
Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. When every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. The records give trial dates, not offense dates, so they cannot show which rules applied.
The records also 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 Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay with a trial date in 2025 (16 cases).
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 Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, 2025
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.