> ## 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. # What Changed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii After 2024? 39 Cases vs. 25 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pearl-harbor-hawaii-before-after-2024/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:52:25.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:06:37.000Z - Description: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, tried 25 courts-martial in 2024–2026, about the same number each year as the 39 it tried in 2019–2023. Sentences were lighter: median confinement went from 9 months to 4 months, and punitive discharges for convicted enlisted members went from 74% to 42%. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Pearl Harbor, Hawaii](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-pearl-harbor-hawaii/) › Before and after 2024 **Short answer:** Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, tried 25 courts-martial in 2024–2026, about the same number each year as the 39 it tried in 2019–2023\. Sentences were lighter: median confinement went from 9 months to 4 months, and punitive discharges for convicted enlisted members went from 74% to 42%. Article 121 larceny appeared in 24% of cases, compared with 7% service-wide. Based on 25 cases · 2024–2026 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Lighter Sentences Than Before Sentences were lighter than in 2019–2023\. Median confinement went from 9 months to 4 months. The share of convictions with any confinement went from 85% to 80%. Punitive discharges for convicted enlisted members went from 74% to 42%. The types of cases also changed. General courts-martial, which can impose any lawful sentence, went from 56% of cases to 44%. The contested share went from 24% to 17%. Both periods had about 8 cases a year, counting full years only. Groups this small change with a few cases, so these changes show direction, not precise size. The records cannot show the cause of any change. | | 2019–2023 | 2024–2026 | | ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | | Cases | 39 | 25 | | Contested (of pleas recorded) | 24% | 17% | | Full acquittals (decided contested) | 3 of 9 | 0 of 4 | | Convictions with confinement | 85% | 80% | | Median confinement | 9 months | 4 months | | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 74% | 42% | | General courts-martial | 56% | 44% | ## Larceny and Card Fraud Were More Common The charge lists cover all 25 cases. Article 121 larceny appeared in 6 of them (24%), compared with 7% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 121a fraudulent use of credit or debit cards appeared in 8%, compared with 1%. Article 129 burglary and unlawful entry appeared in 8%, compared with 2%. Article 134, the general article, appeared less often: 12% of cases, compared with 21% service-wide. Article 128b domestic violence appeared in 16%, compared with 12%. A case with several articles counts under each one. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, all Navy and Marine Corps cases in those years | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny | 6 | 24% | 7% | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 4 | 16% | 12% | | [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts | 3 | 12% | 7% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 3 | 12% | 21% | | Art. 121a Fraudulent use of credit cards, debit cards | 2 | 8% | 1% | | [Art. 120b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault of a child | 2 | 8% | 5% | | Art. 129 Burglary; unlawful entry | 2 | 8% | 2% | | Art. 13 | 1 | 4% | 0% | ## Few Contested Cases A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. Of the 23 records that list a plea, 19 were guilty pleas and 4 were not-guilty or mixed pleas. That is 17% contested, compared with 36% across the Navy and Marine Corps. 0 of 4 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal, compared with 3 of 9 in 2019–2023\. All 25 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge. ## Confinement in 2024–2026 Of the 25 convictions, 20 included confinement (80%). The median confinement was 4 months, lower than the 6 months across the Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of the sentences were 1.5 years or longer. Sentences under 6 months were 48% of convictions, compared with 35% elsewhere. 20% of convictions carried no confinement, compared with 30%. Sentences longer than one year were as common as in the rest of the service: 5 of 25 (20%), compared with 20%. No sentence was 5 years or more (0%), compared with 7%. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------- | | No confinement | 5 | 20% | 30% | | Under 6 months | 12 | 48% | 35% | | 6 months to 1 year | 3 | 12% | 14% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 5 | 20% | 13% | | 5 years or more | 0 | 0% | 7% | ## General and Special Courts-Martial The 11 general courts-martial had a median confinement of 1.5 years, and 30% were contested. The 14 special courts-martial had a median of 30 days, and 8% were contested. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. The general share of 44% was higher than the 38% across the Navy and Marine Corps in the same years. ## Punitive Discharges and Rank For enlisted members, a punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge. Of 19 convicted enlisted members, 8 received one: 6 bad-conduct discharges and 2 dishonorable discharges. That rate of 42% compares with 52% in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. 0 of the 3 convicted officers or warrant officers were dismissed. The accused were 7 junior enlisted members, 12 NCOs, and 3 officers or warrant officers. That mix is more senior than in the Navy and Marine Corps as a whole, where 59% were junior enlisted. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## Compared With Similar Installations MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., tried a similar number of cases. Pearl Harbor had the lowest contested share of the 3: 17%, compared with 52% and 33%. Its median confinement of 4 months was the same as Cherry Point's. Washington, D.C. had a median of 3 months. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | --------------------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | 25 | 17% | 0 of 4 | 4 months | 42% | | MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina | 23 | 52% | 3 of 11 | 4 months | 50% | | Washington, D.C. | 21 | 33% | 2 of 7 | 3 months | 21% | ## New Rules and What the Records Cannot Show 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 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, which the records do not give. For that reason, these trials include cases under both the old and the new rules. The data cannot show whether either change had any effect on the results. The records also do not show the evidence, the plea terms, or conduct handled outside a court-martial. By year, there were 8 cases in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 10 in 2026\. The 2026 count covers only part of the year. 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 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2019–2023 (39) and 2024–2026 (25). 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 - [Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-pearl-harbor-hawaii/) (hub) - [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) (hub) - [What Was Tried at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2013–2018? 83 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pearl-harbor-hawaii-courts-martial-2013-2018/) - [Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2019–2023: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 39 Cases](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pearl-harbor-hawaii-courts-martial-2019-2023/) - [What Was Tried at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2024–2026? 25 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pearl-harbor-hawaii-courts-martial-2024-2026/) - [What Changed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii After 2019? 83 Cases vs. 39](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/pearl-harbor-hawaii-before-after-2019/) - [Bremerton, Washington Before and After 2019: How Its Courts-Martial Changed](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-before-after-2019/) - [Bremerton, Washington Before and After 2024: How Its Courts-Martial Changed](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-before-after-2024/) - [Great Lakes, Illinois Before and After 2019: How Its Courts-Martial Changed](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/great-lakes-illinois-before-after-2019/) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) ## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 2024–2026 - [Eric Catto](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-eric-catto/) - [Thomas Fricton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-thomas-fricton/) - [Matthew Harris](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-matthew-harris/) - [Peter Mcneilly](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-peter-mcneilly/) - [Jon Taylor](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-jon-taylor/) 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.