10 USC § 908 - Art. 108. Military property of United States—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition

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title: "10 USC § 908 - Art. 108. Military property of United States—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "908"
section_name: "Art. 108. Military property of United States—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "X"
subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71.)"
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# § 908. Art. 108. Military property of United States—Loss, damage, destruction, or wrongful disposition

Any person subject to this chapter who, without proper authority—

**(1)** sells or otherwise disposes of;

**(2)** willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or

**(3)** willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold, or wrongfully disposed of;

any military property of the United States, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 71.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 908 | 50:702. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 108), 64 Stat. 138. |