Military rank exists to enable mission accomplishment. Senior personnel have authority over junior personnel so that decisions can be made, orders can be given, and the complex machinery of military…
GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL — FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY (2006) COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICAL RESEARCH FILE Official Case Designation: United States v. Specialist James P. Barker Court-Martial Convening Authority: 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Trial…
The sound is unmistakable—a gunshot where no gunshot should be. In that instant, before anyone even assesses what happened, careers hang in the balance. A negligent discharge represents a fundamental…
COMPLETE RESEARCH REPORT Case: United States v. Private Edward Donald Slovik (36896415) Date: November 11, 1944 (Trial) – January 31, 1945 (Execution) Location: Roetgen, Germany (Court-Martial) – Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France (Execution)…
Striking a superior is one of the oldest and most severely punished offenses in military law. Long before the UCMJ codified modern military justice, navies keelhauled sailors who raised a…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Colonel William Mitchell Date: October 28 – December 17, 1925 Location: Washington D.C., Emery Building (warehouse near Capitol) Charge: Violation of the 96th…
GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL — FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY (2007) COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICAL RESEARCH FILE Official Case Designation: United States v. Private First Class Jesse V. Spielman Court-Martial Convening Authority: 101st Airborne Division (Air…
The notification typically arrives without warning. Your commander calls you in and informs you that you tested positive for a controlled substance on a urinalysis conducted weeks earlier. In that…
The cover-up is often worse than the crime. This cliché exists because it’s true, and nowhere is it more consistently demonstrated than in military justice. A service member who commits…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Specialist Jeremy N. Morlock Date: March 23, 2011 Location: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington State Charge: Premeditated Murder (3 counts), Conspiracy, Obstruction of Justice,…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Major Nidal Malik Hasan Date: August 6 – August 28, 2013 Location: Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), Texas Charges: 13 counts of premeditated…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Private First Class Lynndie R. England Date: September 21 – September 27, 2005 (Second Trial) Location: Fort Hood, Texas (Williams Judicial Center) Charges:…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Captain Ernest L. Medina Date: August 16 – September 22, 1971 Location: Fort McPherson, Georgia Charge: Violations of the Uniform Code of Military…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Specialist Charles A. Graner Jr. Date: January 10 – January 15, 2005 Location: Fort Hood, Texas, Williams Judicial Center Charge: Multiple violations under…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. First Lieutenant Michael Chase Behenna Date: February 2009 Location: Camp Speicher, Iraq (north of Baghdad) Charges: Premeditated murder (later convicted of unpremeditated murder)…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Staff Sergeant Frank D. Wuterich Date: January 9 – January 24, 2012 Location: Camp Pendleton, California Charge: Voluntary Manslaughter, Assault, Dereliction of Duty…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Specialist Adam C. Winfield Date: August 5, 2011 Location: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington State Charge: Premeditated Murder (reduced to Involuntary Manslaughter), Drug Use…
Among the most serious offenses a service member can commit, disclosing classified information occupies a category where the personal consequences are severe and the justifications that seemed compelling at the…
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH FILE Case: United States v. Arthur James Walker Date: August 5-9, 1985 (Trial); November 12, 1985 (Sentencing) Location: U.S. District Court, Norfolk, Virginia Charge: Espionage, Conspiracy to Commit…