§899 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

Summary

Makes a service member guilty of an offense if, before or while facing the enemy, they do any of the following: run away; shamefully abandon, surrender, or give up a command, unit, place, or military property they are supposed to defend; by disobeying, neglecting, or on purpose put that command, unit, place, or property at risk; throw away their arms or ammo; act cowardly; leave duty to loot; raise false alarms; willfully fail to try their hardest to meet, fight, capture, or destroy enemy forces, ships, or aircraft they must face; or fail to give all possible help to U.S. or allied troops, ships, or aircraft in battle.

Title 10, §899

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Any member of the armed forces 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;

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 89950:693.May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 99), 64 Stat. 137.

§899 Art. 99. Misbehavior before the enemy

Summary

Title 10, §899

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Citations & Metadata