Activities affecting armed forces generally
United States Code
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- 2026MIRARCHI E.D. Pa.
- 2023MIRARCHI v. United States Executive Branch of Government E.D. Pa.
- 2014United States v. Specialist CHRISTOPHER L. MOYERS A.C.C.A.
- 2011Schoenman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation D.D.C.
- 2004Estates of Ungar ex rel. Estates Strachman v. Palestinian Authority D.R.I.
- 1987United States v. Santistevan C.M.A.
- 1985United States v. Craig C.M.A.
- 1984Friedman v. Federal Bureau of Investigation N.D. Ga.
- 1982United States v. Ridgeway A.C.M.R.
- 1982United States v. Mayo C.M.A.
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advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States; or distributes or attempts to distribute any written or printed matter which advises, counsels, or urges insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States— For the purposes of this section, the term “military or naval forces of the United States” includes the Army of the United States, the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve of the United States; and, when any merchant vessel is commissioned in the Navy or is in the service of the Army or the Navy, includes the master, officers, and crew of such vessel. Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States: (Source: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 811; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 46, 63 Stat. 96; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(f)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3236.))