Moody AFB, Georgia Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 17 Cases Show
The records hold 17 courts-martial at Moody AFB, Georgia from 2019–2023, and 9 of them were tried in 2019. Article 112a (wrongful use or possession of controlled substances) appeared in 54% of the cases with charges listed.
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Short answer: The records hold 17 courts-martial at Moody AFB, Georgia from 2019–2023, and 9 of them were tried in 2019. Article 112a (wrongful use or possession of controlled substances) appeared in 54% of the cases with charges listed. Sentences included a median of 7 months of confinement, longer than the 4 months for all Air Force cases in those years.
Most Cases Were Tried in 2019
The first trial was in January 2019 and the last in June 2023. By year, Moody tried 9 cases in 2019, 2 in 2020, 3 in 2021, 1 in 2022, and 2 in 2023. That is 1% of the 1,361 Air Force courts-martial in those years.
In 2016–2018 the base tried 20 cases, about 7 a year. From 2019 on it averaged about 3 a year.
Drug Charges in 7 of 13 Listed Cases
13 records list the charges. Article 112a appeared in 7 of them (54%), while the share for the rest of the Air Force was 41%. Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) appeared in 4 (31%), against 16% elsewhere.
4 articles appeared in 2 cases each (15%): Article 120 (rape and sexual assault), Article 128 (assault), Article 128b (domestic violence), and Article 134 (the general article). For Article 128b the rest of the Air Force had 5%. A case that lists several articles is counted under each.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the rest of the Air Force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 7 | 54% | 41% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 4 | 31% | 16% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 2 | 15% | 11% |
| Art. 128 Assault | 2 | 15% | 19% |
| Art. 128b Domestic violence | 2 | 15% | 5% |
| Art. 134 General article | 2 | 15% | 21% |
| Art. 109 Property other than military; waste, spoilage, destruction | 1 | 8% | 1% |
| Art. 113 Misbehavior of a sentinel before 2019, drunken or reckless driving since | 1 | 8% | 4% |
Sentences
13 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge. In 10 of them (77%) the sentence included confinement. The median term was 7 months, and at least a quarter of the terms were 1.5 years or longer.
Each number is the sentence announced at trial. Plea-agreement limits, clemency, and appeals can change a sentence later, and those changes are not shown. A single sentence covers all charges in its case.
Bad-Conduct and Dishonorable Discharges
For enlisted members, 46% of convictions led to a punitive discharge. There were 3 bad-conduct discharges and 3 dishonorable discharges. For all Air Force cases the rate was 56%.
In 2016–2018 the rate at Moody had been 67%. From 2016–2018 to 2019–2023, the median term went from 4 months to 7 months and general courts-martial went from 25% of cases to 53%. Groups this small can shift with a few cases, and the records cannot show the reasons.
| 2016–2018 | 2019–2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cases | 20 | 17 |
| Contested (of pleas recorded) | — | 3 of 8 |
| Convictions with confinement | 89% | 77% |
| Median confinement | 4 months | 7 months |
| Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 67% | 46% |
| General courts-martial | 25% | 53% |
Full Acquittals
4 of the 17 cases ended with the accused acquitted of all charges (24%). The Air Force-wide rate was also 24%. Both rates use all cases as the base, since Air Force records from 2016 to 2019 seldom list guilty pleas.
A plea is listed in 8 records, and 3 of those were not-guilty or mixed pleas. Of those 3 contested cases with a verdict, 2 ended in a full acquittal.
Panels of Members
Panels decided 59% of the cases with the forum listed, with 6 enlisted panels and 4 officer panels. The remaining 7 were decided by a military judge alone. The accused usually makes this choice.
Enlisted Accused and Comparison Bases
There were 10 junior enlisted accused (E-1 to E-4) and 7 NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and no officers. For the Air Force as a whole, 64% of the accused were junior enlisted. General courts-martial accounted for 9 of the 17 cases (53%).
RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom and USAF Academy, Colorado had 20 cases each in the same years. Mildenhall had a 73% punitive discharge rate and the Academy had 7%.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moody AFB, Georgia | 17 | 3 of 8 | 2 of 3 | 7 months | 46% |
| RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom | 20 | 50% | 1 of 7 | 8 months | 73% |
| USAF Academy, Colorado | 20 | 75% | 3 of 9 | 4 months | 7% |
Outside the Records
Trial dates are given, but offense dates are not. Evidence, plea terms, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative separations are all outside these records, and Air Force records seldom list the charges in a full acquittal.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial in the data tried at Moody AFB, Georgia with a trial date in 2019–2023 (17 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, 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 Moody AFB, Georgia, 2019–2023
- Wesley A. Braun
- Bryon T. Gleisner
- Jason M. Kellhofer
- James E. Key III
- Andrew R. Norton
- Joshua D. Rosen
- Michael A. Schrama
- Shaun S. Speranza
- Bryan D. Watson
- Pilar G. Wennrich
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.