29B.96 - MISBEHAVIOR BEFORE THE ENEMY.
29B.96 MISBEHAVIOR BEFORE THE ENEMY.
Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a
court-martial may direct if the person, before or in the presence of
the enemy, does any of the following:
1. Runs away.
2. Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command,
unit, place, or military property which it is the person's 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 the person's arms or ammunition.
5. Is guilty of cowardly conduct.
6. Quits the person's place of duty to plunder or pillage.
7. Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under
control of the armed forces of the United States or the state
military forces.
8. Willfully fails to do the person's utmost to encounter,
engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels,
aircraft, or any other thing, which it is the person's duty so to
encounter, engage, capture or destroy.
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, to the state, or to
any other state, when engaged in battle. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 29B.96] Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1010, §27
Referred to in § 29B.79