Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 895a: Art. 95a. Disrespect toward sentinel or lookout

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person subject to military law who uses disrespectful language or behaves disrespectfully toward a sentinel or lookout on duty may be punished by court-martial.

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Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that another person is a sentinel or lookout, uses wrongful and disrespectful language that is directed toward and within the hearing of the sentinel or lookout, who is in the execution of duties as a sentinel or lookout, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. Any person subject to this chapter who, knowing that another person is a sentinel or lookout, behaves in a wrongful and disrespectful manner that is directed toward and within the sight of the sentinel or lookout, who is in the execution of duties as a sentinel or lookout, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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