> ## 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. # Quantico, Virginia Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 49 Cases Show - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/quantico-virginia-courts-martial-2024-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:31:42.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:03:20.000Z - Description: Quantico, Virginia held 49 courts-martial from 2024–2026. Only 3 of 24 contested cases that reached a verdict (12%) ended in a full acquittal, compared with 26% across the Navy and Marine Corps. The median confinement was 1 year, compared with 6 months service-wide. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Quantico, Virginia, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Quantico, Virginia](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-quantico-virginia/) › 2024–2026 **Short answer:** Quantico, Virginia held 49 courts-martial from 2024–2026\. Only 3 of 24 contested cases that reached a verdict (12%) ended in a full acquittal, compared with 26% across the Navy and Marine Corps. The median confinement was 1 year, compared with 6 months service-wide. Based on 49 cases · 2024–2026 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Many Contested Cases, Few Full Acquittals The plea is listed in 47 of the 49 records: 23 guilty pleas and 24 contested cases. A case is contested when the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge, with a not-guilty plea or a mixed plea. The contested share of 51% is higher than the 36% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Few contested cases ended in a full acquittal: 3 of 24 (12%), compared with 26% service-wide. Another 11 were partial acquittals: not guilty of at least one charge or specification, but guilty of another. ## Changes Since 2019–2023 In 2019–2023, Quantico had 70 cases, about 14 a year. Since 2024 it has had about 20 a year, counting full years only. 34% of cases were contested in the earlier period, compared with 51% since. Full acquittals went from 0 of 13 contested cases that reached a verdict to 3 of 24. Sentences also changed. Convictions with confinement went from 75% to 52%, but the median confinement went from 6 months to 1 year. General courts-martial went from 36% of the cases with a court level listed to 50%. Enlisted punitive discharges were about the same: 60% then and 58% now. With groups this small, these figures show direction, not precise size. The records cannot show the cause of any change. | | 2019–2023 | 2024–2026 | | ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | | Cases | 70 | 49 | | Contested (of pleas recorded) | 34% | 51% | | Full acquittals (decided contested) | 0 of 13 | 3 of 24 | | Convictions with confinement | 75% | 52% | | Median confinement | 6 months | 1 year | | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 60% | 58% | | General courts-martial | 36% | 50% | ## Domestic Violence, Drugs, and False Statements Charges are listed in 48 of the 49 records. An article is counted once per case. Drug charges under Article 112a were in 23% of cases, compared with 12% across the Navy and Marine Corps. Domestic violence charges under Article 128b were in 21%, also compared with 12%. Article 107 (false official statement) appeared in 15% of cases here, compared with 5% service-wide. Article 120b (rape and sexual assault of a child) appeared in 10%, compared with 5%. Article 92 (orders violation) was less common: 15%, compared with 19%. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps-wide | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | --------------------------------- | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 11 | 23% | 12% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 11 | 23% | 21% | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 10 | 21% | 12% | | [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements | 7 | 15% | 5% | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 7 | 15% | 19% | | [Art. 120b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault of a child | 5 | 10% | 5% | | Art. 131b Obstructing justice | 4 | 8% | 5% | | [Art. 90](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-90/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Willfully disobeying superior officer | 4 | 8% | 5% | ## Conviction and Sentence by Article Every case charging Article 134 ended in a conviction on that article (11 of 11), with a median confinement of 2.8 years. Every case charging Article 128b also ended in a conviction on that article (10 of 10), with a median of 1 year. Article 112a ended in a conviction on that article in 10 of 11 cases, with a median of 4 months. A conviction on one article and an acquittal on another can happen in the same case, so these rows overlap. Each sentence covers every charge in its case. | Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- | | Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 11 | 10 (91%) | 4 months | | Art. 134 General article | 11 | 11 (100%) | 2.8 years | | Art. 128b Domestic violence | 10 | 10 (100%) | 1 year | ## Confinement Was Less Common but Longer Of 44 convictions, 23 carried confinement. 48% of convictions carried no confinement, compared with 30% across the Navy and Marine Corps. When confinement was imposed, the median was 1 year, compared with the 6-month median elsewhere. A quarter of those sentences were 1.7 years or longer. 8 of 44 convictions (18%) carried more than one year, about the same as the 20% across the service. Sentences of 5 years or more were 7%, the same as the service rate. All figures here are adjudged sentences. They come before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, all Navy and Marine Corps cases in those years | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | No confinement | 21 | 48% | 30% | | Under 6 months | 9 | 20% | 35% | | 6 months to 1 year | 6 | 14% | 14% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 5 | 11% | 13% | | 5 years or more | 3 | 7% | 7% | ## Sentences by Court Level There were equal numbers of general and special courts-martial at Quantico, 24 each, plus 1 case with no court level listed. The general share, 50%, is higher than the 38% across the Navy and Marine Corps. In general courts-martial, 71% of convictions included confinement, with a median of 1.5 years. In special courts-martial, 35% did, with a median of 3 months. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## Punitive Discharges and Rank 58% of enlisted convictions included a punitive discharge (15 bad-conduct, 6 dishonorable), compared with 52% service-wide. 1 of the 2 convicted officers or warrant officers was dismissed. Administrative separation remains possible after a sentence that has no punitive discharge. The accused were 17 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 22 NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 2 officers or warrant officers. That mix is more senior than service-wide, where junior enlisted members made up 59%. ## Compared With Okinawa and Bremerton Okinawa, Japan (50 cases) and Bremerton, Washington (52 cases) tried a similar number of cases. Quantico's 51% contested share was higher than Okinawa's 22% and Bremerton's 33%. Okinawa's median confinement was also 1 year. At Bremerton it was 3 months. The enlisted punitive discharge rate was 58% here, 56% at Okinawa, and 33% at Bremerton. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | --------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Quantico, Virginia | 49 | 51% | 3 of 24 | 1 year | 58% | | Okinawa, Japan | 50 | 22% | 4 of 11 | 1 year | 56% | | Bremerton, Washington | 52 | 33% | 6 of 17 | 3 months | 33% | ## Law Changes and What the Records Cannot Show By year, there were 17 cases in 2024, 22 in 2025, and 10 in 2026, a partial year. They are 5% of the 1,013 Navy and Marine Corps courts-martial in those years. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault and domestic violence. New sentencing parameters, applied by the military judge, govern cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense after December 27, 2023. The records give no offense dates, and both rules depend on them. Some recent trials were under the old rules and some under the new ones, and the records cannot tell them apart. Evidence, plea terms, nonjudicial punishment, and administrative separations are also missing from the records. 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 in the data tried at Quantico, Virginia with a trial date in 2024–2026 (49 cases), compared with all 1,013 Navy and Marine Corps trials in those years. Dates are trial dates. 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 - [Quantico, Virginia: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-quantico-virginia/) (hub) - [Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-courts-martial/) (hub) - [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) (hub) - [Quantico, Virginia Courts-Martial, 2013–2018: What 37 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/quantico-virginia-courts-martial-2013-2018/) (another period) - [Quantico, Virginia Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 70 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/quantico-virginia-courts-martial-2019-2023/) (another period) - [Inside 50 Courts-Martial at Okinawa, Japan, 2024–2026](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/okinawa-japan-courts-martial-2024-2026/) (same years, similar size) - [Bremerton, Washington Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 52 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/bremerton-washington-courts-martial-2024-2026/) (same years, similar size) - [Orders Violation Cases at Quantico, Virginia: 2017–2018 vs. 2019–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/quantico-virginia-article-92-before-after-2019/) - [Did General Article Cases at Quantico, Virginia Change After 2024?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/quantico-virginia-article-134-before-after-2024/) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) ← Previous: [Quantico, Virginia Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 70 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/quantico-virginia-courts-martial-2019-2023/) ## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Quantico, Virginia, 2024–2026 - [Benjamin Adams](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-benjamin-adams/) - [Stacy Allen](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-stacy-allen/) - [Derek Butler](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-derek-butler/) - [Cory Carver](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-cory-carver/) - [Thomas Fricton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-thomas-fricton/) - [Gable Hackman](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-gable-hackman/) - [Ryan Lipton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-ryan-lipton/) - [William Mossor](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-william-mossor/) - [Kyle Phillips](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-kyle-phillips/) - [Derek Poteet](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-derek-poteet/) - [Ryan Sears](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-ryan-sears/) - [Katherine Shovlin](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-katherine-shovlin/) 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.