What Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Tried in 2013
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii held 13 courts-martial in 2013, and 8 of them (62%) were general courts-martial, compared with 37% across all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2013.
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Short answer: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii held 13 courts-martial in 2013, and 8 of them (62%) were general courts-martial, compared with 37% across all Navy and Marine Corps cases in 2013. The median confinement was 8 months, compared with 6 months, and 73% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 64%.
More General Courts-Martial
General courts-martial made up 8 of the 13 cases (62%). Across the Navy and Marine Corps in 2013, the share was 37%. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge or dismissal. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.
The accused were also more senior than in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. By rank, 7 were NCOs, 5 were junior enlisted members, and 1 was an officer.
Confinement After Conviction
There were 12 convictions, and confinement was part of 92% of them. The median confinement was 8 months, compared with 6 months across the Navy and Marine Corps. A quarter of the sentences with confinement were 11 months or longer.
These are adjudged sentences, as imposed at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Each sentence covers every charge in the case.
Bad-Conduct and Dishonorable Discharges
A punitive discharge followed 73% of enlisted convictions: 7 bad-conduct discharges and 1 dishonorable discharge. The share across the Navy and Marine Corps was 64%. The 1 convicted officer or warrant officer was not dismissed. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation.
Charges
All 13 records list the charges. Article 128 (assault) was the most common, in 5 cases (38%), the same share as across the Navy and Marine Corps. Article 134 (general article), Article 120 (rape and sexual assault), and Article 92 (failure to obey an order or regulation) each appeared in 4 cases (31%).
Those 3 articles were charged more often here than across the Navy and Marine Corps, where the shares were 17%, 22%, and 22%. Article 121 (larceny) appeared in 3 cases (23%). A case with several articles counts under each.
| UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the whole Navy and Marine Corps docket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 128 Assault | 5 | 38% | 38% |
| Art. 134 General article | 4 | 31% | 17% |
| Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 4 | 31% | 22% |
| Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation | 4 | 31% | 22% |
| Art. 121 Larceny | 3 | 23% | 20% |
| Art. 81 Conspiracy | 2 | 15% | 5% |
| Art. 80 Attempts | 1 | 8% | 4% |
| Art. 113 Misbehavior of a sentinel | 1 | 8% | 3% |
Pleas
Of the cases with a plea recorded, 9 were guilty pleas and 4 were not-guilty or mixed pleas. That is a contested share of 31%, about the same as the 32% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Of the 4 contested cases that reached a verdict, 1 ended in a full acquittal.
Jacksonville and San Diego in 2013
Jacksonville, Florida tried 20 cases and San Diego, California tried 44. Pearl Harbor had the highest contested share of these installations, at 31%, compared with 15% and 20%. It also had the longest median confinement, 8 months, compared with 7 months at Jacksonville and 6 months at San Diego, and the highest punitive discharge rate, 73%.
| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | 13 | 31% | 1 of 4 | 8 months | 73% |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 20 | 15% | 1 of 3 | 7 months | 67% |
| San Diego, California | 44 | 20% | 3 of 9 | 6 months | 54% |
The Rules in 2013 and Record Limits
These trials came before the Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019. That law later set fixed panel sizes, created judge-alone special courts-martial, and brought in written plea agreements. None of that applied to these cases.
The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not describe the evidence or the plea terms, or show nonjudicial punishment and administrative separations.
Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: UCMJ change timeline.
How We Counted
Every court-martial tried at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with a trial date in 2013 (13 cases).
Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in Military Trial Results, data updated October 24, 2026. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: how this data was built. Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.
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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. This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.