> ## 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.

# Article 108 Sentences in the Navy-Marine Corps: Confinement and Discharges, 2017–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-108-sent-2017-2025/
- Published: 2026-10-28T06:33:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:05:21.000Z
- Description: This page covers only Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial from 2017–2025 that ended in a conviction in a case charging Article 108, the military property offense: 24 cases. The median confinement was 9 months, compared with 6 months in all Navy and Marine Corps convictions.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 108, Navy-Marine Corps

[Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 108](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-108-courts-martial/) › Article 108 Sentences in the Navy-Marine

**Short answer:** This page covers only Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial from 2017–2025 that ended in a conviction in a case charging Article 108, the military property offense: 24 cases. The median confinement was 9 months, compared with 6 months in all Navy and Marine Corps convictions. Of convicted enlisted members, 52% received a punitive discharge, compared with 62%.

Based on 24 cases · 2017–2025 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026

## Longer Median Confinement, Wider Range

Article 108 is the military property offense. In these Navy and Marine Corps convictions, confinement was part of 71% of the 24 sentences. The median confinement was 9 months. In all Navy and Marine Corps convictions in those years, the median was 6 months.

The sentences were spread out at both ends. No confinement was adjudged in 7 convictions (29%), compared with 18% across all convictions. A quarter of the confinement sentences were 1.2 years or longer. Fewer sentences were under 6 months: 21%, compared with 35%. Sentences longer than one year were as common as elsewhere: 6 of 24 convictions (25%), compared with 25%.

These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case, not the property charge alone.

| Adjudged confinement            | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Navy and Marine Corps convictions in those years |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| No confinement                  | 7           | 29%        | 18%                                                         |
| Under 6 months                  | 5           | 21%        | 35%                                                         |
| 6 months to 1 year              | 6           | 25%        | 22%                                                         |
| More than 1 year, under 5 years | 5           | 21%        | 18%                                                         |
| 5 years or more                 | 1           | 4%         | 7%                                                          |

## General and Special Courts-Martial

Sentences differed by court level. The 11 general courts-martial had a median confinement of 1.2 years. The 13 special courts-martial had a median of 3 months. Only a general court-martial can adjudge more than one year of confinement or a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial is capped at one year.

The general court-martial share, 46%, was higher than the 41% across all Navy and Marine Corps convictions. Contested cases were also more common at general courts-martial: 40%, compared with 23% at special courts-martial.

## Larceny Was the Most Common Additional Charge

Article 108 was the only charge in 4 of the 24 cases. The most common additional charge was Article 121 larceny, in 11 cases. Article 92 orders violations and Article 134, the general article, each appeared in 7\. Article 128 assault appeared in 5, and Article 80 attempts in 3.

The sentence covers every finding. In these cases, the sentence includes larceny, orders, and other convictions as well as the military property charge.

## More of These Cases Were Contested

A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. Of the 23 records that list a plea, 16 accused pleaded guilty and 7 contested the charges. The contested share was 30%. Across all Navy and Marine Corps convictions in the same years, the share was 24%.

Every case here ended in a conviction. The contested cases are cases where the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge and was convicted of at least one charge. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea, and these counts use only records that list one.

## Punitive Discharges After Conviction

For enlisted members, a punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge. Of 23 convicted enlisted members, 12 received one: 10 bad-conduct and 2 dishonorable. That rate, 52%, is lower than the 62% across all Navy and Marine Corps convictions in those years.

A conviction without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation, which is not in these records.

## Who Was Convicted

The accused were 11 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) and 12 NCOs (E-5 to E-9). There were 0 officers or warrant officers. That mix is more senior than all Navy and Marine Corps convictions, where 65% were junior enlisted.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina had the most of these cases, 8\. Next were San Diego, California, with 4, Camp Pendleton, California, with 3, and Quantico, Virginia, and Mayport, Florida, with 2 each. Together these 5 installations account for 79% of the cases. Larger installations try more cases of every kind, so a high count alone does not mean a base has a problem with this offense.

## Timing and the Law

Every case here was tried between February 2021 and December 2025\. There were 0 from 2017 through 2020\. There were 9 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 4 in 2023, 2 in 2024, and 5 in 2025\. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea.

The Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019\. It introduced fixed panel sizes, judge-alone special courts-martial capped at six months with no punitive discharge, and written plea agreements. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute covered offenses. When every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the judge sentences within new parameters. These rules depend on offense dates, which the records do not give, so the data cannot show whether any of them affected these sentences.

## Outside the Records

Trial records list charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They do not include the evidence, the terms of any plea agreement, or property cases handled through nonjudicial punishment or administrative action instead of a court-martial.

Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/).

### How We Counted

Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial tried 2017–2025: ending in a conviction under Article 108 (military property) (24 cases), compared with all Navy and Marine Corps convictions in those years.

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/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.

## Related Analysis

- [Article 108 (Military Property; Loss, Damage, Destruction): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-108-courts-martial/) (hub)
- [Sentences](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/sentences/) (hub)
- [Is Navy-Marine Corps Military Property Prosecution Rising or Falling? Article 108, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-108-trend-2017-2025/)
- [Guilty Pleas in Navy-Marine Corps Military Property Cases: How Often, and What Came Next](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-108-plea-2017-2025/)
- [How Much Confinement for an Article 108 Conviction in the Army?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-108-sent-2021-2025/) (another service)
- [What Sentence Follows an Air Force Military Property Conviction?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-108-sent-2016-2025/) (another service)
- [Article 107 Sentences in the Navy-Marine Corps: Confinement and Discharges, 2017–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-107-sent-2017-2025/)
- [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members)

**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.