> ## 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. # Navy-Marine Corps Article 86 Cases in 2022 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-86-2022/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:11:57.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:11:57.000Z - Description: In 2022, the Navy and Marine Corps records hold 19 courts-martial with an Article 86 (AWOL) charge. The median confinement was 3 months, shorter than the 6 months across all Navy and Marine Corps cases that year. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 86, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 86](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-86-courts-martial/) › Navy-Marine Corps, 2022 **Short answer:** In 2022, the Navy and Marine Corps records hold 19 courts-martial with an Article 86 (AWOL) charge. The median confinement was 3 months, shorter than the 6 months across all Navy and Marine Corps cases that year. A punitive discharge followed 56% of enlisted convictions, compared with 64% across the service. Based on 19 cases · 2022 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Shorter Confinement Than the Service Median All 19 cases ended in a conviction, and confinement was part of 84% of those sentences. The median confinement was 3 months. Across all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2022, the median was 6 months. A quarter of the sentences that included confinement were 9 months or longer. These figures are adjudged sentences, as announced at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each one covers every charge in the case, not the absence charge alone. ## Drug Charges Were the Most Common Companion Article 86 was the only charge in 2 of the 19 cases. Article 112a (drug) appeared in 10 cases. Article 128 (assault), Article 90 (disobeying an officer), Article 121 (larceny), and Article 92 (orders violation) appeared in 3 cases each. Since a sentence covers all charges, the confinement and discharge figures on this page describe whole cases, many of which included a drug charge. ## Bad-Conduct Discharges Of the convicted enlisted members, 56% received a punitive discharge. All 10 were bad-conduct discharges, and 0 were dishonorable. Across all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2022, the punitive-discharge share was 64%. A punitive discharge means a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation, and these records do not show administrative separations. ## Mostly Special Courts-Martial General courts-martial made up 11% of these cases (2 of 19). Special courts-martial heard the rest. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and can impose a bad-conduct discharge but not a dishonorable discharge. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence. ## Pleas and Verdicts Of the 19 cases, 13 ended with a guilty plea and 6 with a not-guilty or mixed plea. A case counts as contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share was 32%, about the same as the 33% across all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2022. Every contested case still ended in a conviction on at least one charge, since all 19 cases ended in a conviction. ## Rank of the Accused Among the accused with rank recorded, 17 were junior enlisted (E-1 to E-4) and 1 was an NCO (E-5 to E-9). There were 0 officers or warrant officers. Across all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2022, 65% of the accused were junior enlisted, so this group was more junior. ## What These Records Do Not Show The 19 trials took place from February 2022 through December 2022\. The records give trial dates, not the dates or length of the absences. They do not describe the evidence or any plea terms. Absences handled by nonjudicial punishment, administrative separation, or no action are not in these records. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 86 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-86/?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 a trial date in 2022 that charged Article 86 (19 cases), compared with all Navy and Marine Corps cases that year and with 2021. 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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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.