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Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL / ˈ eɪ w ɒ l /), which are temporary forms of absence.
Dereliction of duty is a specific offense under United States Code Title 10, Section 892, Article 92 and applies to all branches of the US military. A service member who is derelict has willfully refused to perform his duties (or follow a given order) or has incapacitated himself in such a way that he cannot perform his duties.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is the foundation of the system of military justice of the armed forces of the United States.The UCMJ was established by the United States Congress in accordance with their constitutional authority, per Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that "The Congress shall have Power . . . to make Rules for the Government and ...
According to police, they were called to Victory Highway early Saturday morning for a reported construction accident. When first responders arrived on scene, they were able to determine the victim ...
An Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines last August was caused by multiple pilot errors during a near mid-air collision, a military investigation has found. Two Marines were killed ...
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions ratified by the U.S. [1]
A Massachusetts judge abruptly suspended a hearing ahead of Karen Read's re-trial for the alleged murder of her cop boyfriend after prosecutors claimed two expert witnesses in the first trial had ...
UCMJ 134 (General article): 24 counts. These counts incorporate statutes from the United States Code: Embezzlement and Theft of Public Money, Property or Records. The government said the records that Manning transferred were 'things of value'.: This is part of the Espionage Act. The law forbids 'unauthorized persons' from taking 'national ...