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10 U.S.C. § 887a — Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of arrest, and escape
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Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) resists apprehension;
(2) flees from apprehension;
(3) breaks arrest; or
(4) escapes from custody or confinement;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) resists apprehension;
(2) flees from apprehension;
(3) breaks arrest; or
(4) escapes from custody or confinement;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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In this chapter (the Uniform Code of Military Justice):
(1) The term “Judge Advocate General” means, severally, the Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force and, except when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy, an official designated to serve as Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2) The Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy, shall be considered as one armed force.
(3) The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers.
(4) The term “officer in charge” means a member of the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard designated as such by appropriate authority.
(5) The term “superior commissioned officer” means a commissioned officer superior in rank or command.
(6) The term “cadet” means a cadet of the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Coast Guard Academy.
(7) The term “midshipman” means a midshipman of the United States Naval Academy and any other midshipman on active duty in the naval service.
(8) The term “military” refers to any or all of the armed forces.
(9) The term “accuser” means a person who signs and swears to charges, any person who directs that charges nominally be signed and sworn to by another, and any other person who has an interest other than an official interest in the prosecution of the accused.
(10) The term “military judge” means a judge advocate designated under [section 826(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section826/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (article 26(c)) who is detailed under section 826(a) or [section 830a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-
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**(a) Drunk or Sleeping on Post, or Leaving Post Before Being Relieved.—** Any sentinel or lookout who is drunk on post, who sleeps on post, or who leaves post before being regularly relieved, shall be punished—
(1) if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and
(2) if the offense is committed other than in time of war, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct.
**(b) Loitering or Wrongfully Sitting on Post.—** Any sentinel or lookout who loiters or wrongfully sits down on post shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 888
The words ‘‘proper’’ and ‘‘other’’ are omitted as sur-
plusage.
§ 887. Art. 87. Missing movement; jumping from
vessel
(a) MISSING MOVEMENT.—Any person subject to
this chapter who, through neglect or design,
misses the movement of a ship, aircraft, or unit
with which the person is required in the course
of duty to move shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct.
(b) JUMPING FROM VESSEL INTO THE WATER.—
Any person subject to this chapter who wrong-
fully and intentionally jumps into the water
from a vessel in use by the armed forces shall be
punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 67; Pub. L.
114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5406, Dec. 23, 2016, 130
Stat. 2940.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
887 ..........
50:681.
May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1
(Art. 87), 64 Stat. 135.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2016—Pub. L. 114–328 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Any person sub-
ject to this chapter who through neglect or design
misses the movement of a ship, aircraft, or unit with
which he is required in the course of duty to move shall
be punished as a court-martial may direct.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2016 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1,
2019, as designated by the President, with imple-
menting regulations and provisions relating to applica-
bility to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L.
114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under
section 801 of this title.
§ 887a. Art. 87a. Resistance, flight, breach of ar-
rest, and escape
Any person subject to this chapter who—
(1) resists apprehension;
(2) flee
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