Military Lawyer | Court Martial Crimes – UCMJ Articles 99 – 102
Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy
Any person subject to this chapter who before or in the presence
of the enemy—
(1) runs away;
(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command,
unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to
defend;
(3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers
the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military
property;
(4) casts away his arms or ammunition;
(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct;
(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage;
(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under
control of the armed forces;
(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture,
or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any
other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture,
or destroy; or
(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any
troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging
to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle;
shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court martial may direct.
Art. 100. Subordinate compelling surrender
Any person subject to this chapter who compels or attempts to
compel the commander of any place, vessel, aircraft, or other
military property, or of any body of members of the armed forces,
to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the
colors or flag to any enemy without proper authority, shall be
punished by death or such other punishment as a court-martial
may direct.
Art. 101. Improper use of countersign
Any person subject to this chapter who in time of war discloses
the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it
or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the
parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that
which, to his knowledge, he was authorized and required to give,
shall be punished by death or such other punishment as a court martial
may direct.
Art. 102. Forcing a safeguard
Any person subject to this chapter who forces a safeguard shall
suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial may
direct.
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Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, San Diego, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Stewart, Fort Gordon, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States.
