{"id":84055,"date":"2019-01-10T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=84055"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:32:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:32:30","slug":"all-the-major-changes-to-the-ucmj-that-took-effect-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=84055","title":{"rendered":"All The Major Changes To The UCMJ That Took Effect In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Congress passed its most sweeping reforms to the Uniform Code of Military Justice in decades in 2016, but it didn’t take effect until Jan. 1 of this year. Other changes to the military process and offenses, such as domestic violence, were included in the recently passed 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nothing makes a POG happier than an updated UCMJ.\u00a0 It seems them sticklers for rules got tired of using the ole 134 to do their deed.<\/p>\n

Domestic Violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone who commits a violent offense against a spouse, an intimate partner, or an immediate family member of that person to threaten or intimidate them can now be punished at a court-martial, according to a Navy summary. Domestic violence is already punishable under state law in Virginia. Typically, state and military prosecutors will work together to decide where someone should be charged. But because the UCMJ is a federal law, there is nothing to stop a service member from being charged with crimes by both in unique circumstances.<\/p>\n

Adultery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adultery has long been a crime in the military but it has been replaced with “extra-marital sexual conduct,” according to the Army. The new offense broadens the definition of sexual intercourse, which now includes same-sex affairs. Previously, prosecutors had to prove traditional intercourse to obtain a conviction for adultery. Now oral sex and other activities are included.<\/p>\n

Legal separation also is now a defense against the crime. Previously, service members could be charged with adultery even if they had been legally separated for years but were not divorced, the Army said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No more threatening the Dependapotamus and I thought Bill Clinton clearly defined what sex was and was not.<\/p>\n

Sex With Recruits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recruiters, drill sergeants and others in “positions of special trust” convicted of abusing their authority over recruits or trainees now face stiffer penalties, the Army said. Those positions of trust include officers and non-commissioned officers, according to the Air Force.<\/p>\n

The maximum sentence was increased from two years to five years of confinement for those in authority engaging in prohibited sexual activities with junior personnel, the Army said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What? No more perks on Recruiting Duty.\u00a0 I always thought doing\u00a02-5 years on Recruiting Duty was punishment\u00a0enough for any crime.\u00a0 Those poor Navy Nurses … I feel so badly now.\u00a0 They all could have gone to the brig for what they did to me.<\/p>\n

Consent<\/strong><\/p>\n

The definition of consent has been clarified to reinforce that submission resulting from the use of force, threat of force, or placing another individual in fear does not constitute consent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just for the record, I never consented to burned shitters.\u00a0 I can probably think of one or two hundred\u00a0other things that I was forced to do without my consent.<\/p>\n

Oh, and you can no longer wear Medals of Valor that are not in your official records.\u00a0 The horror of it all.<\/p>\n

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