> ## 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. # Okinawa, Japan vs. Quantico, Virginia: Two Navy-Marine Corps Installations Side by Side, 2024–2026 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/okinawa-japan-vs-quantico-virginia-2024-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-30T05:30:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T05:30:12.000Z - Description: Okinawa, Japan had 50 courts-martial from 2024–2026, and Quantico, Virginia had 49. Only 22% of Okinawa cases were contested, compared with 51% at Quantico. Of the 11 contested Okinawa cases that reached a verdict, 4 ended in a full acquittal (36%), compared with 12% at Quantico. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Okinawa, Japan, Quantico, Virginia, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Okinawa, Japan](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-okinawa-japan/) › vs. Quantico, Virginia **Short answer:** Okinawa, Japan had 50 courts-martial from 2024–2026, and Quantico, Virginia had 49\. Only 22% of Okinawa cases were contested, compared with 51% at Quantico. Of the 11 contested Okinawa cases that reached a verdict, 4 ended in a full acquittal (36%), compared with 12% at Quantico. Based on 50 cases · 2024–2026 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Most Okinawa Cases Ended in a Guilty Plea 39 of the 50 Okinawa cases ended in a guilty plea, and 11 were contested. A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share was 22% at Okinawa, lower than the 51% at Quantico. Cases charging Article 134, the general article, ended in a guilty plea 93% of the time (13 of 14), the most among the top charges. Cases charging Article 92, failure to obey an order or regulation, ended in a guilty plea 75% of the time (9 of 12). The records do not say why an accused pleaded guilty or contested the case. ## Results in Contested Cases Of the 11 contested Okinawa cases that reached a verdict, 4 ended in a full acquittal (36%). At Quantico, 3 of 24 did (12%). 3 more Okinawa cases were partial acquittals, meaning not guilty of at least one charge or specification but guilty of another. These are small counts. With 11 cases, one verdict changes the Okinawa share by several points. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | ------------------ | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Okinawa, Japan | 50 | 22% | 4 of 11 | 1 year | 56% | | Quantico, Virginia | 49 | 51% | 3 of 24 | 1 year | 58% | ## Sentences of More Than One Year 46 Okinawa cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 36 of those sentences included confinement (78%). The median confinement was 1 year, close to the 1 year at Quantico. A quarter of the Okinawa sentences were 2 years or longer. Sentences of more than one year were 15 of 46 Okinawa convictions (33%), compared with 18% at Quantico. Sentences of more than 1 year but under 5 years were 30% at Okinawa and 11% at Quantico. No confinement was less common at Okinawa: 22% of convictions, compared with 48%. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each covers every charge in the case. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Quantico, Virginia in the same years | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------- | | No confinement | 10 | 22% | 48% | | Under 6 months | 14 | 30% | 20% | | 6 months to 1 year | 7 | 15% | 14% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 14 | 30% | 11% | | 5 years or more | 1 | 2% | 7% | ## General Courts-Martial Always Included Confinement A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. Only a general court-martial can adjudge more than one year of confinement. General courts-martial were 42% of Okinawa cases (21 of 50). In those 21 cases, 100% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 1.6 years. In the 29 special courts-martial, 62% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 3 months. ## Charges in the Okinawa Cases All 50 Okinawa records list the charges. One case can count under several articles. Article 134 was the most common, in 14 cases (28%), compared with 23% at Quantico. Article 92 was next, in 12 cases (24%), compared with 15%. Article 81, conspiracy, and Article 80, attempts, each appeared in 12% of Okinawa cases and 4% of Quantico cases. Article 112a, the drug article, appeared in 8% of Okinawa cases, compared with 23% at Quantico. Article 128b, domestic violence, appeared in 8%, compared with 21%. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the Quantico, Virginia cases | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 14 | 28% | 23% | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 12 | 24% | 15% | | Art. 81 Conspiracy | 6 | 12% | 4% | | [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts | 6 | 12% | 4% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 4 | 8% | 2% | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 4 | 8% | 23% | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 4 | 8% | 21% | | [Art. 120c](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120c/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Other sexual misconduct | 3 | 6% | 2% | ## Convictions on Article 134 and Article 92 All 14 cases charging Article 134 ended in a conviction on that article (100%). The median confinement when the conviction included Article 134 was 1.3 years. Article 92 ended in a conviction on that article in 10 of 12 cases (83%). The median confinement for those convictions was 45 days. A case can include both articles, so the rows overlap. | Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it | | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- | | Art. 134 General article | 14 | 14 (100%) | 1.3 years | | Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 12 | 10 (83%) | 45 days | ## Punitive Discharges and Rank A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge for an enlisted member, or a dismissal for an officer. 24 of 43 convicted enlisted members at Okinawa received one: 10 bad-conduct discharges and 14 dishonorable discharges. The share was 56%, compared with 58% at Quantico. 2 convicted officers or warrant officers appear, and 1 was dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. Among the accused with rank recorded, 33 were junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 13 were NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 2 were officers or warrant officers. At Quantico, 41% of the accused were junior enlisted, so the Okinawa group was more junior. ## Case Counts and the Rules After 2023 The Okinawa records run from March 2024 to October 2026: 18 cases in 2024, 20 in 2025, and 12 in 2026\. The 2026 count is a partial year. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not commanders, decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. When every guilty finding in a case is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence within new sentencing parameters. Both rules depend on the offense date. The records do not give offense dates, so trials from 2024 on include cases under both the old and the new rules. ## What the Records Do Not Show The trial records list charges, pleas, findings, and sentences. They 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](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Every court-martial tried at Okinawa, Japan (50) and Quantico, Virginia (49) with trial dates in 2024–2026\. Each figure for Okinawa, Japan is set beside the same figure for Quantico, Virginia. 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 - [Okinawa, Japan: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-okinawa-japan/) (hub) - [Quantico, Virginia: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-quantico-virginia/) (hub) - [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) (hub) - [Bremerton, Washington vs. Camp Pendleton, California: Two Navy-Marine Corps Installations Side by Side, 2013–2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-vs-camp-pendleton-california-2013-2018/) - [Bremerton, Washington vs. Okinawa, Japan: Two Navy-Marine Corps Installations Side by Side, 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-vs-okinawa-japan-2019-2023/) - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia, 2024–2026: How Their Courts-Martial Compare](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-vs-norfolk-virginia-2024-2026/) - [Camp Pendleton, California and San Diego, California, 2024–2026: How Their Courts-Martial Compare](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-pendleton-california-vs-san-diego-california-2024-2026/) - [Comparing Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and Mayport, Florida: Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2013–2018](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-vs-mayport-florida-2013-2018/) - [Comparing Camp Pendleton, California and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-pendleton-california-vs-camp-lejeune-north-carolina-2019-2023/) - [Comparing Norfolk, Virginia and San Diego, California: Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial, 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/norfolk-virginia-vs-san-diego-california-2019-2023/) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) ## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Okinawa, Japan, 2024–2026 - [Matthew Brower](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-matthew-brower/) - [Cory Carver](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-cory-carver/) - [Thomas Fricton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-thomas-fricton/) - [Benjamin Garcia](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-benjamin-garcia/) - [Adam King](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-adam-king/) 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](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judges/) 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](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.