> ## 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 Was Tried at Wheeler Army Airfield, 2024–2026? 54 Courts-Martial - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/wheeler-army-airfield-courts-martial-2024-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:32:01.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:03:28.000Z - Description: From 2024–2026, Wheeler Army Airfield had 54 courts-martial. After a conviction, the median confinement was 9 months; in the rest of the Army it was 6 months. Article 80 (attempt) was in 20% of cases here and in 8% of cases Army-wide. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Wheeler Army Airfield, Army [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Wheeler Army Airfield](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-wheeler-army-airfield/) › 2024–2026 **Short answer:** From 2024–2026, Wheeler Army Airfield had 54 courts-martial. After a conviction, the median confinement was 9 months; in the rest of the Army it was 6 months. Article 80 (attempt) was in 20% of cases here and in 8% of cases Army-wide. Based on 54 cases · 2024–2026 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Article 80 and the Rest of the Charge List All 54 records list the charges. When a case has several articles, it is counted under each. Article 80 covers attempts to commit another offense. It was in 20% of cases at Wheeler and 8% across the Army. Article 107 (false official statements) was in 9% of cases here and 5% Army-wide. The most common charge was Article 128b (domestic violence), in 28% of cases. The Army-wide share was 25%. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) was in 15% here and 11% Army-wide. Article 134 (the general article) was also in 15% here, lower than the 21% Army-wide. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the whole Army docket | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ---------------------------- | | [Art. 128b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-128b-domestic-violence/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Domestic violence | 15 | 28% | 25% | | [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts | 11 | 20% | 8% | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 9 | 17% | 20% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 8 | 15% | 11% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 8 | 15% | 21% | | [Art. 120b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault of a child | 5 | 9% | 8% | | [Art. 121](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Larceny | 5 | 9% | 7% | | [Art. 107](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com) False official statements | 5 | 9% | 5% | ## Convictions by Charge For Article 80, 9 of 11 cases (82%) ended in a conviction on that article, and the median confinement after that conviction was 2 years. For Article 128b, 12 of 15 (80%) did, with a median of 4 months. For Article 128 (assault), 5 of 9 cases ended in a conviction on that article. For Article 120, 2 of 8 did. The same case can have a conviction on one article and an acquittal on another. A sentence covers all the charges in its case. | Article | Cases charging it | Convicted of it (share) | Median confinement when convicted of it | | -------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------- | | Art. 128b Domestic violence | 15 | 12 (80%) | 4 months | | Art. 80 Attempts | 11 | 9 (82%) | 2 years | | Art. 128 Assault | 9 | 5 (5 of 9) | 6 months | | Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault | 8 | 2 (2 of 8) | 1.2 years | ## Contested Cases and Full Acquittals There were 37 guilty pleas and 17 contested cases. In a contested case, the accused enters a not-guilty or mixed plea to at least one charge. The 31% contested share compares with 21% across the Army. Of the 17 contested cases with a verdict, 53% were full acquittals, meaning not guilty on every charge. Across the Army, the rate was 40%. 6 more were partial acquittals: not guilty of at least one charge or specification and guilty of another. Because Army results list findings charge by charge, partial acquittals show up in the records. ## Plea Agreements and Who Decided Guilt 34 of the 37 guilty pleas have a recorded plea agreement, and 3 have no entry. The records show that an agreement existed but not its terms. The guilty-plea share depended on the charge: 64% for cases charging Article 80 (7 of 11) and 53% for cases charging Article 128b (8 of 15). In 38 of 52 cases with the forum listed (73%), a military judge alone decided guilt. Members decided 14: 9 enlisted panels and 5 officer panels. That includes 13 of the 15 contested cases (87%). The accused usually makes this choice, and the records do not show the reasons. ## How Long Were the Sentences? There were 45 convictions on at least one charge, and 40 included confinement (89%). The 9-month median compares with 6 months for the Army. A quarter of the terms were 2.5 years or longer. All figures are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. 33% of convictions had more than 1 year but under 5 years of confinement. In the rest of the Army, 21% did. Terms of 5 years or more were less common here: 4%, compared with 9%. 11% of convictions had no confinement, compared with 15%. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, the rest of the Army | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------------------------- | | No confinement | 5 | 11% | 15% | | Under 6 months | 16 | 36% | 39% | | 6 months to 1 year | 7 | 16% | 17% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 15 | 33% | 21% | | 5 years or more | 2 | 4% | 9% | ## Punitive Discharges and Rank Of convicted enlisted members, 80% received a punitive discharge: 18 bad-conduct and 14 dishonorable. The Army-wide share was 73%. There were 5 convicted officers or warrant officers, and 2 were dismissed. Members whose sentence had no punitive discharge can still be administratively separated later. By rank, 57% of the accused were junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 33% were NCOs, and 9% were officers. Army-wide, 53% were junior enlisted. 46 of the 54 cases (85%) were general courts-martial. In the rest of the Army, 69% were. At a special court-martial, confinement is capped at one year and a dishonorable discharge is not available. ## Earlier Period: 2020–2023 Wheeler Army Airfield had 75 cases in 2020–2023, about 19 a year. Since then it has had about 18 a year. There were 18 cases in each of 2024, 2025, and 2026, and 2026 is a partial year. Together they are 4% of the 1,252 Army courts-martial in those years. Here is how 5 measures compare, earlier period first. Contested share: 46%, then 31%. Full acquittals in contested cases with a verdict: 12 of 33, then 9 of 17\. Enlisted punitive discharges: 69%, then 80%. Median confinement: 8 months, then 9 months. Convictions with confinement: 88%, then 89%. With small groups, a few cases can change these figures, so read them as direction only. | | 2020–2023 | 2024–2026 | | ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------- | | Cases | 75 | 54 | | Contested (of pleas recorded) | 46% | 31% | | Full acquittals (decided contested) | 12 of 33 | 9 of 17 | | Convictions with confinement | 88% | 89% | | Median confinement | 8 months | 9 months | | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | 69% | 80% | | General courts-martial | 81% | 85% | ## Fort Knox and Vilseck Fort Knox had 52 cases and Vilseck, Europe had 61 in the same years. The contested share was 30% at Vilseck and 15% at Fort Knox. The median confinement was 2 months at Fort Knox and 8 months at Vilseck. The enlisted punitive discharge share was 26% at Fort Knox and 78% at Vilseck. | Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) | | --------------------- | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- | | Wheeler Army Airfield | 54 | 31% | 9 of 17 | 9 months | 80% | | Fort Knox | 52 | 15% | 3 of 7 | 2 months | 26% | | Vilseck (Europe) | 61 | 30% | 5 of 17 | 8 months | 78% | ## Rule Changes and Missing Information Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel, not commanders, decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault, domestic violence, and murder. If 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 offense dates, and the records give none, so these trials include old-rule and new-rule cases. The evidence and plea terms are not in the records. Nonjudicial punishment and administrative separations are not included. 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 Wheeler Army Airfield with a trial date in 2024–2026 (54 cases), compared with all 1,252 Army 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/). 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Babin Jr.](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-larry-a-babin-jr/) - [James A. Ewing](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-james-a-ewing/) - [Rebecca L. Farrell](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-rebecca-l-farrell/) - [Matthew S. Fitzgerald](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-matthew-s-fitzgerald/) - [Tyler J. Heimann](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-tyler-j-heimann/) - [Mitchell D. Herniak](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-mitchell-d-herniak/) 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.