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SECTION 130.95
Misbehavior before the enemy
Military (MIL) CHAPTER 36, ARTICLE 7, PART 10
§ 130.95. Misbehavior before the enemy. Any person subject to this
code who before or in the presence of the enemy--

(1) runs away; or

(2) shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit,
place, or military property which it is his duty to defend; or

(3) through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers
the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property; or

(4) casts away his arms or ammunition; or

(5) is guilty of cowardly conduct; or

(6) quits his place of duty to plunder or pillage; or

(7) causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control
of the armed forces of the United States or the organized militia; or

(8) willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or
destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other
thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or
destroy; or

(9) does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any
troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging
to the United States or their allies, or to any other state or to the
organized militia when engaged in battle;
shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.