Editing Manual for Courts-Martial (section)

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The '''''Manual for Courts-Martial''''' ('''''MCM''''') is the official guide to the conduct of [[courts-martial in the United States|courts-martial]] in the [[United States military]].  An [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] of the [[President of the United States]], the ''MCM'' details and expands on the [[military law]] established in the statute [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]] (UCMJ). It gathers both executive orders as well as opinions of said executive orders. The ''MCM'' contains five parts plus 22 appendices:
*Part I is the Preamble, which gives background and [[jurisdiction]]al information
*Part II explains the Rules for Courts-martial (Rules 101 through 1307)
*Part III lays out the Military Rules of Evidence (Rules 101 through 1103)
*Part IV sets forth the elements and punishments of offenses (Punitive Articles, paragraphs 101 through 108)
*Part V provides guidelines for the imposition of [[non-judicial punishment]] (NJP)
*Appendices provide the [[Constitution of the United States]], the UCMJ itself, analysis of the Parts, historical [[Executive Order]]s, forms, etc.

In June 2019, the ''[[Federal Register]]'' published the 2019 Manual for Courts-Martial with all recent changes.