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• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at F.E. Warren AFB vs. Federal Court in the District of Wyoming

  Courts-martial at F.E. Warren AFB produced 11 convictions for wrongful drug use under Article 112a, and the median adjudged confinement was 3 months. In the federal District of Wyoming, 17 people were sentenced for simple possession under 21 U.S.C. 844, and the median prison term for those sent to p

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Ellsworth AFB vs. Federal Court in the District of South Dakota

  At Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, 15 of the 16 wrongful drug use convictions with a sentence recorded (94%) included confinement, and the median was 3 months. In the District of South Dakota, 10 of the 22 people sentenced in federal court for simple possession (45%) received a prison term, with a medi

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Eglin AFB vs. Federal Court in the Northern District of Florida

  Courts-martial at Eglin AFB, Florida produced 13 convictions for wrongful drug use, and 11 of them (85%) included confinement, with a median of 3 months. In federal court for the Northern District of Florida, 19 of the 50 people sentenced for simple possession (38%) received a prison term, with a me

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Dyess AFB vs. Federal Court in the Northern District of Texas

  The median sentence was 3 months of confinement for the 32 wrongful drug use convictions at courts-martial tried at Dyess AFB, Texas. In the Northern District of Texas, the median prison term for simple possession was 6 months among the 20 people sent to prison, out of 31 sentenced. The federal peop

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Davis-Monthan AFB vs. Federal Court in the District of Arizona

  The federal side of this comparison is large: 3,028 people were sentenced for simple possession in the District of Arizona, and 2,951 of them (97%) received a prison term, with a median of 6 months. Courts-martial at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona produced 39 convictions for wrongful drug use; 31 (79%)

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Cannon AFB vs. Federal Court in the District of New Mexico

  None of the 9 wrongful drug use convictions at Cannon AFB, New Mexico with a plea recorded came from a guilty plea. In federal court for the District of New Mexico, all 23 people sentenced for simple possession pleaded guilty. At Cannon, 10 of 15 convictions (67%) included confinement, with a median

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Camp Pendleton vs. Federal Court in the Southern District of California

  In the Southern District of California, 73 of the 107 people sentenced in federal court for simple possession (68%) received a prison term, but the median term among them was 0 months. At Camp Pendleton, 32 of 33 wrongful drug use convictions with a sentence recorded (97%) included confinement, and

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Camp Lejeune vs. Federal Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina

  Courts-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina produced 40 convictions for wrongful drug use, with a median adjudged confinement of 7 months, and 36 of the 38 enlisted members convicted (95%) received a punitive discharge. In federal court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 208 people were

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Bremerton vs. Federal Court in the Western District of Washington

  Most wrongful drug use convictions at Bremerton, Washington came from guilty pleas: 13 of the 15 with a plea recorded (87%). In federal court across the whole Western District of Washington, 46 of 49 people sentenced for simple possession (94%) pleaded guilty, and the 3 convicted at trial had a medi

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Beale AFB vs. Federal Court in the Eastern District of California

  Both groups in this comparison are small. Courts-martial at Beale AFB, California produced 15 convictions for wrongful drug use, and 14 of the 15 (93%) included confinement, with a median of 2.5 months. In the Eastern District of California, 14 people were sentenced in federal court for simple posse

• Drug Use: Courts-Martial at Barksdale AFB vs. Federal Court in the Western District of Louisiana

  At Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, 20 of the 22 court-martial convictions for wrongful drug use with a sentence recorded (91%) included confinement, and the median was 2 months. In federal court for the whole Western District of Louisiana, 4 of the 39 people sentenced for simple possession (10%) received

• Drug Possession: Courts-Martial at San Diego vs. Federal Court in the Southern District of California

  San Diego courts-martial with trial dates from 2019 to 2025 recorded 10 convictions for drug possession (Article 112a wrongful possession), and the median adjudged confinement was 2.7 months. That was lower than the 3.9-month median for all courts-martial for this offense. Federal court in the South

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