The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ, 64 Stat. 109, 10 U.S.C. ch.47) is the foundation of military law in the United States. The UCMJ applies to all members of the Uniformed Services of the United States (which includes the NOAA...
Editor's Note: The following article was written in 1968, when the author was a colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. Colonel Hagopian was assigned by Major General Hodson, The Judge Advocate General, to serve as the executive agent to Congress during the legislative...
Given the theme of the conference, "Proud Traditions, Unlimited Future," it is appropriate to devote this penultimate session to military justice. It is sort of like having the last dance with the date you came with. Military justice is our historical reason for being-it...
Roberta Wohlstetter, a military intelligence expert who said faulty analysis of intelligence signals enabled Japan to attack Pearl Harbor and who saw the same danger in a possible Soviet nuclear strike, has died. She was 94.Wohlstetter died Jan. 6, according to a statement Tuesday by...
Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: PROSECUTING BLACKWATER (The New York Times, New York) A report in The Times this week says that the F.B.I. is reaching the same horrifying conclusion as the Iraqi authorities: that the deadly September shooting...
The U.S. military has established a justice system apart from the civilian court system to give military commanders the tools they need to enforce good order and discipline. Facts about the military justice system and how it is applied are explored.
