> ## 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 112a With Article 92 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-112a-and-article-92-charged-together/ - Published: 2026-10-30T05:28:14.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:45:52.000Z - Description: The records hold 58 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial from 2021–2026 that charged both Article 112a (drug) and Article 92 (orders violation). - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 112a, Article 92, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 112a](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-courts-martial/) › Navy-Marine Corps, with Article 92 **Short answer:** The records hold 58 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial from 2021–2026 that charged both Article 112a (drug) and Article 92 (orders violation). Of the 19 contested cases that reached a verdict, 2 ended in a full acquittal (11%), compared with 30% in all Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases. Of the convicted enlisted members, 70% received a punitive discharge, compared with 63%. Based on 58 cases · 2021–2026 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Camp Lejeune Tried 24 of the 58 Cases Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tried 24 of these cases, more than any other installation. Camp Pendleton, California tried 11, San Diego, California 5, Twentynine Palms, California 4, and MCAS Miramar, California 3\. Together the five account for 81% of the 58 cases. Installations with larger populations try more cases of every kind. A high count does not by itself show anything about a particular base. ## Verdicts in Contested Cases Of the 58 cases, 19 were contested: the accused entered a not-guilty or mixed plea. The other 39 were guilty pleas. The contested share, 33%, compares with 30% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases overall. Of the 19 contested cases with a verdict, 2 ended in a full acquittal (11%). The rate for all Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases was 30%. In 6 more contested cases, the accused was found not guilty of some charges and guilty of others. That result is called a partial acquittal. ## Confinement Close to Other Drug Cases There were 56 convictions, and 42 included confinement. The median was 5 months, the same as the 5 months for Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases overall. A quarter of the confinement terms were 11 months or longer. Confinement of more than one year came in 7 of the 56 convictions (12%), about as often as the 13% for all Article 112a cases. No conviction here carried 5 years or more. Confinement under 6 months was the most common result, in 22 convictions (39%). No confinement was adjudged in 14 convictions (25%), compared with 19%. Another 13 convictions (23%) carried 6 months to 1 year, compared with 24%. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases overall | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | | No confinement | 14 | 25% | 19% | | Under 6 months | 22 | 39% | 44% | | 6 months to 1 year | 13 | 23% | 24% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 7 | 12% | 11% | | 5 years or more | 0 | 0% | 2% | ## Court Level and Sentence Length There were 15 general courts-martial and 43 special courts-martial. The general share, 26%, compares with 22% for Article 112a cases in the Navy and Marine Corps. The median confinement was 1.1 years at the general courts-martial and 3 months at the special courts-martial. The general courts-martial were contested more often, 40% compared with 30%. A special court-martial can impose a bad-conduct discharge but not a dishonorable discharge, and it cannot impose more than one year of confinement. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence. Since 2019, a special court-martial can also be heard by a military judge alone, with confinement limited to six months and no punitive discharge. ## Bad-Conduct Discharges Made Up Most Punitive Discharges Of 53 convicted enlisted members, 37 received a punitive discharge: 32 bad-conduct and 5 dishonorable. In all Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases from 2021–2026, the share was 63%. A member who receives no punitive discharge can still be separated administratively later. The figures here are adjudged sentences, set at trial and before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. ## Rank and Other Charges Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) made up 78% of the accused and NCOs made up 22%. No officers appear. In all Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases, junior enlisted members were 76%. Article 112a never appeared alone in these cases. Besides Article 92, the other charges seen most often were Article 86 (AWOL) in 11 cases, Article 128 (assault) in 7, Article 121 (larceny) in 6, and Article 107 (false official statement) in 5\. Each sentence covers every charge in the case. ## Cases by Year The records run from January 2021 through August 2026\. The yearly counts were 21 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 7 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 4 in 2026\. The 2026 figure covers only part of the year. ## What These Records Do Not Cover Some rules from this period depend on the offense date. Special trial counsel have decided whether to prosecute covered offenses, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder, since December 28, 2023\. A military judge sets the sentence under new sentencing parameters when every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023. Only trial dates appear in the records, so it is not possible to tell which rules applied to a given case. The records also leave out the evidence, plea terms, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative separations. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 112a on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial with trial dates in 2021–2026 that charged both Article 112a and Article 92 (58 cases), compared with all 341 Navy and Marine Corps Article 112a cases 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 112a (Wrongful Use, Possession of Controlled Substances): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-112a-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Article 92 (Failure to Obey Order or Regulation): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-92-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Article 112a With Article 128 in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-112a-and-article-128-charged-together/) - [Article 112a With Article 131b in the Navy and Marine Corps: What the Records Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-112a-and-article-131b-charged-together/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Cases Charging Both Article 112a and Article 86](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-112a-and-article-86-charged-together/) - [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial With Article 112a and Article 81, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-112a-and-article-81-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 112a and Article 121](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-112a-and-article-121-charged-together/) - [Army Cases Charging Both Article 112a and Article 92](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-112a-and-article-92-charged-together/) - [Army Courts-Martial With Article 112a and Article 120, 2021–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-112a-and-article-120-charged-together/) - [Article 112a explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) **Compare: federal court.** [Federal Law Has No Crime of Drug Use: How Article 112a Cases Compare](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-no-crime-of-drug-use-article-112a/) · [Drug Distribution and Importation: Federal vs. Court-Martial Sentences, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-distribution-importation-vs-article-112a/) **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.