Category: UCMJ

A UCMJ attorney is a lawyer who represents military service members facing charges, investigations, or disciplinary actions under the Uniform…

Article 106 criminalizes the wrongful impersonation of military officers, noncommissioned officers, petty officers, and government agents or officials. This article…

Mail offenses under Article 134 cover the wrongful taking, opening, secreting, destroying, or stealing of mail. The provision protects the…

Article 88 prohibits commissioned officers from using contemptuous words against specified government officials, including the President, Vice President, Congress, Secretary…

Article 119a criminalizes conduct that causes the death of or bodily injury to an unborn child. The article applies when…

Drunkenness as a standalone offense under Article 134 covers situations where a service member's intoxication is prejudicial to good order…

Article 124 criminalizes the intentional infliction of injury that permanently disfigures or disables another person. The offense requires a specific…

Article 128 is the UCMJ's primary assault provision, covering simple assault, assault consummated by a battery, and aggravated assault. Simple…

Restriction breaking under Article 134 involves violating the terms of restriction imposed by a commanding officer or other authorized person.…

Article 99 is one of the most serious combat-related offenses in the UCMJ, covering acts such as running away, surrendering…

Article 123a criminalizes the making, drawing, or uttering of checks, drafts, or orders for the payment of money when the…

Article 129 defines burglary as the unlawful breaking and entering of a building or structure of another with the intent…

Article 119 covers both voluntary and involuntary manslaughter under military law. Voluntary manslaughter involves an unlawful killing committed in the…

Article 90 addresses two distinct offenses: striking or assaulting a superior commissioned officer, and willfully disobeying a lawful command from…

False or unauthorized pass offenses under Article 134 involve the wrongful making, altering, or use of military passes, permits, or…

Article 105 criminalizes the making, altering, or uttering of forged documents with intent to defraud. This article was established in…

Article 104 criminalizes offenses against public records, including the alteration, concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of such records. This…

Article 114 criminalizes four categories of endangerment: reckless endangerment, dueling, firearm discharge endangering human life, and carrying a concealed weapon.…

Article 94 addresses two of the gravest offenses in military law: mutiny and sedition. Mutiny involves acting in concert with…

Article 84 criminalizes the breach of a lawful medical quarantine order by any person subject to the UCMJ. The offense…

Article 122 defines robbery as the taking of property from the person or in the presence of another by force,…

Article 130 criminalizes stalking by persons subject to the UCMJ. The offense is defined as engaging in a course of…

False swearing under Article 134 covers the making of a false statement under oath in a context that does not…

Article 118 defines and penalizes murder under military law, encompassing premeditated murder, unpremeditated murder, murder committed during the perpetration of…

Indecent language under Article 134 covers the use of language that is grossly offensive to modesty, decency, or propriety, communicated…

Breach of correctional custody under Article 134 criminalizes the escape from or breach of the restraints imposed by correctional custody.…

Reckless endangerment under Article 134 criminalizes conduct that is reckless or wanton and creates a risk of death or serious…

Disloyal statements under Article 134 criminalize speech by service members that is designed to promote disloyalty or disaffection among members…

Article 123 criminalizes unauthorized access to government computers and the misuse of information obtained through such access. This is a…

Kidnapping under Article 134 involves the wrongful seizure, confinement, inveigling, decoying, or carrying away of another person. The offense requires…

Public record offenses under Article 134 criminalize the alteration, concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of any public record. The…

Article 120c addresses sexual misconduct offenses including indecent viewing, indecent visual recording, broadcasting or distributing intimate images, and forcible pandering.…

Article 101 criminalizes the disclosure of a countersign, watchword, or password to any person not entitled to receive it, as…

Article 107 criminalizes the making of false official statements, whether oral or written, with the intent to deceive. The statement…

Article 133 establishes a broad standard of conduct applicable to commissioned officers, warrant officers, and cadets or midshipmen. The article…

Article 85 addresses desertion, one of the oldest and most serious offenses in military law. The article covers three forms:…