Any person subject to this code who before or in the presence of the enemy does any of the following shall be punishable as a court-martial may direct:

(1) Runs away.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 31-2A-99

  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • United States: includes the territories thereof and the District of Columbia. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his or her duty to defend.
(3) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property.
(4) Casts away his or her arms or ammunition.
(5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct.
(6) Quits his or her place of duty to plunder or pillage.
(7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the Armed Forces of the United States or the state military forces.
(8) Willfully fails to do his or her utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his or her duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy.
(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 its allies, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.
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