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10 USC § 914 - Art. 114. Endangerment offenses 

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title: "10 USC § 914 - Art. 114. Endangerment offenses"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "914"
section_name: "Art. 114. Endangerment offenses"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE"
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subchapter_name: "PUNITIVE ARTICLES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5426, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2948.)"
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# § 914. Art. 114. Endangerment offenses

**(a)** **Reckless Endangerment.—** Any person subject to this chapter who engages in conduct that—

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(1)** is wrongful and reckless or is wanton; and

**(2)** is likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person;

**(b)** **Dueling.—** Any person subject to this chapter—

shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(1)** who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting, a duel; or

**(2)** who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the facts promptly to the proper authority;

**(c)** **Firearm Discharge, Endangering Human Life.—** Any person subject to this chapter who, willfully and wrongly, discharges a firearm, under circumstances such as to endanger human life shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

**(d)** **Carrying Concealed Weapon.—** Any person subject to this chapter who unlawfully carries a dangerous weapon concealed on or about his person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 72; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5426, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2948.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 914 | 50:708. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 114), 64 Stat. 139. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any person subject to this chapter who fights or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting a duel, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the facts promptly to the proper authority, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on , as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see  and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under .