FORT HOOD, Texas — Newly released Army court-martial records provide a far more detailed picture of the case that sent a Fort Hood company commander to prison for 25 years, revealing allegations that prosecutors said spanned nearly four years and multiple duty stations before the victim ultimately reported the abuse.
Capt. Adam W. Martin, a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear officer assigned to the 48th Chemical Brigade, pleaded guilty at a general court-martial on Nov. 25, 2025, to multiple offenses involving a minor family member and obstruction of justice. A military judge sentenced him to 25 years of confinement and dismissed him from the Army.
When the Army announced the conviction in December 2025, officials disclosed that Martin had admitted to abusing a minor family member between 2021 and 2025 while stationed in Alaska, Missouri and Texas. The newly released court records show the scope of the allegations prosecutors originally intended to present at trial and the charges ultimately resolved through Martin’s plea agreement.
According to the charge sheet, prosecutors accused Martin of repeatedly abusing the child while assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; and later the Fort Hood area. The allegations included numerous offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, attempted offenses and obstruction of justice. The charged conduct stretched from April 2021 through January 2025.
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The records also describe efforts prosecutors said Martin made to prevent the abuse from being reported. One obstruction allegation accused him of threatening harm to the victim’s family if she disclosed what had happened. Another alleged that after authorities became involved, Martin sent the child a text message stating, “I need you to tell them this isn’t true. I love you kiddo.”
Those allegations became particularly significant because Martin was not a junior soldier when the abuse was reported. By early 2025, he was serving as a company commander at Fort Hood, entrusted with the leadership and welfare of soldiers while investigators say he was attempting to persuade the victim to recant.
The findings worksheet released by the Army shows Martin was originally charged with 23 specifications under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Not all survived the plea agreement. Several allegations were dismissed as part of negotiations between prosecutors and the defense.
Ultimately, Martin pleaded guilty to 14 offenses, including multiple specifications involving sexual crimes against a child, one specification of attempted sexual assault of a child and one specification of obstruction of justice. The remaining allegations were dismissed pursuant to the agreement.
The sentencing records show the military judge imposed a 25-year sentence, the maximum confinement allowed under the plea agreement, along with a dismissal from service. Martin also received credit for 164 days spent in pretrial confinement.
According to the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, the abuse came to light after the victim disclosed it to a school counselor following Christmas break in early 2025. The counselor contacted Child Protective Services, which coordinated with Army Criminal Investigation Division agents to launch the investigation. Prosecutors later stated that Martin’s guilty plea spared the child from having to testify at trial.
Martin was also charged in Bell County, Texas, with continuous sexual abuse of a child under age 14. That case was dismissed in April 2026 after his military conviction and transfer to the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.
The newly released court records do not change the outcome of Martin’s court-martial. What they do provide is a clearer picture of what Army prosecutors alleged occurred over a period of years — and the extent of the conduct Martin ultimately admitted in exchange for a plea agreement that will keep him incarcerated for decades.
To protect the victim’s privacy, The Salty Soldier has omitted certain details contained in the publicly released court records.
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