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The Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM) is the official guide to the conduct of
courts-martial in the
United States military. An
Executive Order of the
President of the United States, the MCM details and expands on the
military law established in the statute
Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). It gathers both executive orders as well as opinions of said executive orders. The MCM contains five parts plus 22 appendices:
- Part I is the Preamble, which gives background and
jurisdictional information
- Part II explains the Rules for Courts-martial (Rules 101 through 1307)
- Part III lays out the Military Rules of Evidence (Rules 101 through 1103)
- Part IV sets forth the elements and punishments of offenses (Punitive Articles, paragraphs 101 through 108)
- Part V provides guidelines for the imposition of
non-judicial punishment (NJP)
- Appendices provide the
Constitution of the United States, the UCMJ itself, analysis of the Parts, historical
Executive Orders, forms, etc.
In June 2019, the
Federal Register published the 2019 Manual for Courts-Martial with all recent changes.
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