According to the U.S. Army's Court-Martial Public Record System's
Court-Martial List, between July 19, 2024 and July 18, 2025, 43 Army military judges presided over 430 trials. That figure does not include cases listed only as arraignments or Article 39(a), UCMJ sessions. Dividing 430 by 43 produces an average of precisely 10 trials per judge per year. Dividing that by 12 produces an average of 0.833 trials per judge per month. Six judges were tied at one trial each during the year; 20 presided over 5 or fewer trials. The highest number of trials during the period was 35, achieved by a single judge. The runner-up presided over 25 trials.
According to page 12 of the FY24 Report of The Judge Advocate General of the Army, as of the end of that fiscal year, the Army Trial Judiciary had 24 active duty and 18 reserve component military judges.
Does the Army have too many judges? Are cases assigned randomly, as they generally are in the federal district courts? How experienced can judges be if they try only a case or two per year? How do the Army numbers compare with the other services'? By way of comparison, in CY22, military judges in all services tried an average of 16.19 cases each, for a monthly average of 1.35 cases.
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