> ## 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. # Article 107 Cases at Yokosuka, Japan, 2013–2018: 18 Courts-Martial - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/yokosuka-japan-article-107-2013-2018/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:06:04.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:06:04.000Z - Description: Yokosuka, Japan tried 18 courts-martial charging Article 107 (false official statement) from 2013 through 2018. A punitive discharge followed 76% of enlisted convictions, compared with 60% in all Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Yokosuka, Japan, Article 107, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Yokosuka, Japan](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-yokosuka-japan/) › Article 107, 2013–2018 **Short answer:** Yokosuka, Japan tried 18 courts-martial charging Article 107 (false official statement) from 2013 through 2018\. A punitive discharge followed 76% of enlisted convictions, compared with 60% in all Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. The median confinement was 5 months, close to the 6 months across those services. Based on 18 cases · 2013–2018 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Punitive Discharges More Often Than Across the Services A punitive discharge followed 76% of enlisted convictions here: 8 bad-conduct and 5 dishonorable. In Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases in 2013–2018, the share was 60%. A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## False Statements Charged With Other Offenses Article 128 (assault) was charged alongside Article 107 in 9 cases. Article 92 (orders violation) appeared in 5, Article 120 (sexual assault) in 4, Article 121 (larceny) in 3, and Article 81 (conspiracy) in 2. Across the Navy and Marine Corps, 25 of 243 Article 107 cases charged Article 107 by itself. Each sentence covers every charge in the case, so the companion charges matter when reading the sentence figures. ## Confinement in All 17 Convictions Of the 18 cases, 17 ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and all 17 sentences included confinement (100%). The median was 5 months, close to the 6 months median in Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. A quarter of the terms were 2 years or longer. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. ## Most Accused Pleaded Guilty The records show 14 guilty pleas and 4 contested cases. The contested share was 22%, compared with 27% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases. A contested case is one where the accused pleads not guilty to at least one charge. ## NCOs Made Up Most of the Accused NCOs were 67% of the accused, and junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) were 33%. No officers appear. In Navy and Marine Corps Article 107 cases overall, junior enlisted members were 47%. General courts-martial made up 44% of these cases (8 of 18). The rest were special courts-martial, which cap confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. ## Trials by Year The trials ran from April 2013 through November 2018: 5 in 2013, 4 in 2014, 2 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 3 in 2017, and 1 in 2018\. They were 19% of the 96 courts-martial at Yokosuka, Japan in those years. All 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. ## What These Records Leave Out Nonjudicial punishment, administrative separations, and cases with no action are not in these records. The records do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea and forum, so plea counts use only the records that list them. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 107 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-107/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Courts-martial tried at Yokosuka, Japan in 2013–2018 that charged Article 107 (18 cases), compared with every Navy and Marine Corps case charging Article 107 in those years. 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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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.