Oklahoma § 44-899 - Misbehavior before the enemy

§ 44-899. Misbehavior before the enemy

ARTICLE 99. Misbehavior before the enemy.

Any person subject to the Oklahoma Uniform Code of Military

Justice 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 or her 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 or her arms or ammunition;

5. Is guilty of cowardly conduct;

6. Quits his or her 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 his or her utmost to encounter,

engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels,

aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his or her 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, to the State of

Oklahoma, or to any other state, when engaged in battle,

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 408, § 121, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.