> ## 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 Vilseck (Europe) Tried in 2025 - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/vilseck-europe-courts-martial-2025/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:54:25.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:12:56.000Z - Description: Vilseck (Europe) held 25 Army courts-martial in 2025. Assault (Article 128) was charged in 40% of cases, compared with 19% Army-wide. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Vilseck (Europe), Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Vilseck (Europe)](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-vilseck-europe/) › 2025 **Short answer:** Vilseck (Europe) held 25 Army courts-martial in 2025\. Assault (Article 128) was charged in 40% of cases, compared with 19% Army-wide. 87% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 73% across the Army, and the median confinement was 10 months, longer than the Army's 8 months. Based on 25 cases · 2025 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Assault Was the Most Common Charge All 25 records list the charges. Article 128 (assault) appeared in 10 cases (40%), compared with 19% Army-wide. Domestic violence (Article 128b) was next, with 7 cases (28%), compared with 26% Army-wide. The general article (Article 134) appeared in 6 cases (24%), compared with 22%. Several less common articles were also charged more often than the Army rate. Orders violations (Article 92) appeared in 16% of cases, compared with 8%. Rape and sexual assault (Article 120) appeared in 16%, compared with 11%. False official statements (Article 107) appeared in 12%, compared with 6%. Child endangerment (Article 119b) appeared in 8%, compared with 3%. A case charging several articles counts under each. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, all Army cases in those years | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 10 | 40% | 19% | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 7 | 28% | 26% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 6 | 24% | 22% | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 4 | 16% | 8% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 4 | 16% | 11% | | [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements | 3 | 12% | 6% | | [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny | 2 | 8% | 6% | | Art. 119b Child endangerment | 2 | 8% | 3% | ## Most Convicted Enlisted Members Received a Punitive Discharge 87% of convicted enlisted members at Vilseck received a punitive discharge: 12 bad-conduct discharges and 8 dishonorable discharges. Across the Army as a whole, the rate was 73%. For enlisted members, a punitive discharge is a bad-conduct discharge or a dishonorable discharge adjudged as part of the sentence. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## Median Confinement Was 10 Months 23 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 20 of those sentences included confinement (87%). The median confinement was 10 months, compared with 8 months Army-wide. A quarter of the sentences were 2.5 years or longer. These are adjudged sentences. They are the sentences announced at trial, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. 9 of 23 convictions (39%) had confinement longer than one year, compared with 30% in the rest of the Army. 26% had confinement of more than 1 year but under 5 years, compared with 18%. 13% had confinement of 5 years or more, compared with 11%. 13% of convictions had no confinement, compared with 19% across the Army. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, the whole Army docket | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | | No confinement | 3 | 13% | 19% | | Under 6 months | 8 | 35% | 36% | | 6 months to 1 year | 3 | 13% | 15% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 6 | 26% | 18% | | 5 years or more | 3 | 13% | 11% | ## Pleas and Contested Cases 17 of the 25 cases ended in a guilty plea, and 8 were contested. A contested case is one where the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share was 32%, higher than the 20% Army-wide. 2 of the 8 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal. All 17 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement. Army records show whether there was an agreement, but not its terms. The records cannot show what any agreement limited or required. ## Military Judge or Members? The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. At Vilseck, a military judge alone heard 20 cases, and enlisted panels heard 5\. Members heard 20% of cases with the forum listed. Most judge-alone cases are guilty pleas, so this split mostly follows the number of contested cases. No case at Vilseck went to an officer panel in 2025\. The records do not say why the accused chose a military judge or members. ## Court Level and Rank General courts-martial heard 13 of the 25 cases (52%). At general courts-martial, the median confinement was 2.5 years, and 54% of cases were contested. The 12 special courts-martial are capped at one year of confinement. Their median confinement was 2 months, and 8% of cases were contested. Only a general court-martial can adjudge a dishonorable discharge or more than one year of confinement. By rank, 10 of the accused were junior enlisted members and 15 were NCOs. That group is more senior than the Army as a whole. ## Fort Bliss and Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fort Bliss held 27 cases in 2025\. 7% were contested, the median confinement was 9 months, and 62% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge. Joint Base Lewis-McChord held 28 cases. 11% were contested, the median confinement was 1 year, and the punitive discharge rate was 70%. Vilseck's contested share (32%) and punitive discharge rate (87%) were higher than both. At Fort Bliss, 0 of 2 contested cases with a verdict ended in a full acquittal. At Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 1 of 3 did. These groups are too small to compare acquittal rates. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | ------------------------ | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Vilseck (Europe) | 25 | 32% | 2 of 8 | 10 months | 87% | | Fort Bliss | 27 | 7% | 0 of 2 | 9 months | 62% | | Joint Base Lewis-McChord | 28 | 11% | 1 of 3 | 1 year | 70% | ## Rule Changes and What the Records Do Not 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 in a case is for an offense after December 27, 2023, the military judge sets the sentence under new sentencing parameters. The records do not give offense dates, so the 2025 trials include both old-rule and new-rule cases. The records cannot show whether either rule affected these numbers. These records cover only cases tried by court-martial. They do not include nonjudicial punishment or administrative separations, and they do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. 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 Vilseck (Europe) with a trial date in 2025 (25 cases). 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 - [Vilseck (Europe): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-vilseck-europe/) (hub) - [By Year](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-year/) (hub) - [A Year of Courts-Martial at Vilseck (Europe): 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/vilseck-europe-courts-martial-2021/) (previous / next) - [Vilseck (Europe) Courts-Martial, 2024–2026: What 61 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/vilseck-europe-courts-martial-2024-2026/) (the whole period) - [A Year of Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys: 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-courts-martial-2024/) - [A Year of Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys: 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-courts-martial-2025/) - [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2022/) - [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2023/) - [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2025/) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) ← Previous: [A Year of Courts-Martial at Vilseck (Europe): 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/vilseck-europe-courts-martial-2021/) ## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Vilseck (Europe), 2025 - [Trevor I. Barna](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-trevor-i-barna/) - [Gregory B. Batdorff](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-gregory-b-batdorff/) - [Thomas P. Hynes](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-thomas-p-hynes/) - [Adam S. Kazin](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-adam-s-kazin/) - [Maureen A. Kohn](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-maureen-a-kohn/) - [Sean S. Park](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-sean-s-park/) - [Javier E. Rivera Rosario](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-javier-e-rivera-rosario/) - [Jordan C. Stapley](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-jordan-c-stapley/) 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.