UCMJ Article 92: Failure to Obey Order or Regulation
Article 92 contains three offenses: violating a lawful general order or regulation (dishonorable discharge, 2 years), failing to obey another lawful order the accused knew of…
UCMJ Article 130: Stalking
Stalking under Article 130 is a repeated course of conduct aimed at a specific person that would make a reasonable person fear death or bodily harm,…
UCMJ Article 105a: False or Unauthorized Pass Offenses
Article 105a protects military and official passes, permits, discharge certificates, and identification cards. Making, altering, counterfeiting, tampering with, or selling a false or unauthorized one, or…
UCMJ Article 134: Bigamy
Bigamy under the UCMJ is marrying another person while having a living lawful spouse, charged as an enumerated offense under Article 134. A void prior marriage…
UCMJ Article 93a: Prohibited Activities With a Military Recruit or Trainee
Article 93a makes it a crime for a trainer or recruiter to engage in "prohibited sexual activity" with a recruit, trainee, cadet, officer candidate, or applicant,…
UCMJ Article 110: Improper Hazarding of a Vessel or Aircraft
Article 110 punishes putting a military vessel or aircraft in danger of loss or injury, either willfully and wrongfully or through negligence. The two branches carry…
UCMJ Article 120a: Mails: Deposit of Obscene Matter
Article 120a punishes knowingly and wrongfully depositing obscene matter in the mail. The maximum is a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and 3…
UCMJ Article 109a: Mail Matter Offenses
Article 109a protects mail before it reaches the addressee. Taking mail with intent to obstruct someone's correspondence or pry into their business or secrets is one…
UCMJ Article 85: Desertion
Desertion is unauthorized absence plus a specific intent: to remain away permanently, or to avoid hazardous duty or shirk important service. A long absence alone does…
UCMJ Article 131f: Noncompliance with Procedural Rules
Article 131f is the UCMJ's offense for the people who run the military justice process: it punishes an official responsible for unnecessary delay in disposing of…
UCMJ Article 103a: Espionage
Espionage under Article 103a is communicating, delivering, or transmitting national defense information to a foreign government, faction, or force, or their agents, with intent or reason…
UCMJ Article 128: Assault
Article 128 runs from simple assault, punishable by 3 months of confinement, to assault with intent to commit murder or rape, punishable by 20 years. An…
UCMJ Article 87a: Resistance, Flight, Breach of Arrest, and Escape
Every offense in Article 87a authorizes a punitive discharge. Resisting or fleeing apprehension carries a bad-conduct discharge and 1 year of confinement; breaking arrest, a bad-conduct…
UCMJ Article 121b: False Pretenses to Obtain Services
Article 121b punishes knowingly using false pretenses, with intent to defraud, to obtain services rather than property: a hotel stay, a repair, a ride, telephone service.…
UCMJ Article 109: Waste, Spoilage, or Destruction of Non-Military Property
Article 109 protects property that is not military property: other people's land, buildings, cars, and belongings. Willfully or recklessly wasting or spoiling real property, or willfully…
UCMJ Article 96: Release of Prisoner Without Authority
Article 96 is aimed at the custodian, not the prisoner, and it contains four offenses with different ceilings: releasing a prisoner without authority (dishonorable discharge, 2…
UCMJ Article 106: Impersonation of Officer, Noncommissioned or Petty Officer, or Agent or Official
Article 106 punishes wrongfully and willfully posing as an officer, noncommissioned officer, petty officer, agent of superior authority, or government official. Impersonation with intent to defraud…
UCMJ Article 103: Spies
Article 103 punishes anyone, of any nationality or status, who in time of war is found lurking or acting as a spy in or about U.S.…
UCMJ Article 131: Perjury
Perjury under Article 131 is willfully and corruptly giving false, material testimony under a lawful oath, or signing a false, material statement under penalty of perjury,…
UCMJ Article 119b: Child Endangerment
Child endangerment is endangering the mental or physical health, safety, or welfare of a child under 16, by design or culpable negligence, by someone with a…
UCMJ Article 112a: Wrongful Use, Possession, and Distribution of Controlled Substances
Under Article 112a the act matters as much as the drug. Use, possession, manufacture, or introduction of cocaine, methamphetamine, or a Schedule I-III substance is capped…
UCMJ Article 124: Frauds Against the United States
Article 124 punishes knowingly false claims against the United States and the false papers, oaths, and forged signatures used to support them, along with two receipt…
UCMJ Article 95: Offenses by Sentinel or Lookout
Article 95 punishes a sentinel or lookout who is drunk on post, sleeps on post, or leaves before being regularly relieved, and one who loiters or…
UCMJ Article 118: Murder
Article 118 defines murder as an unlawful killing, without justification or excuse, under one of four theories: premeditated design to kill; intent to kill or inflict…
UCMJ Article 134: Indecent Language
Indecent language is an enumerated Article 134 offense: communicating, orally or in writing, language that is grossly offensive or tends to incite lustful thought, when the…