- a commander has considerable discretion in deciding whether an offense is a minor offense subject to punishment under Article 15, UCMJ; nonjudicial punishment can be used to cover a wide variety of offenses, ranging from an incidental infraction during initial training to a significant dereliction by a member of a command’s permanent party
CAAF Opinion Digest · V.E.1 · Nonjudicial Punishment (Article 15)
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1 digested opinion, 2006–2006 Terms
2006
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