MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS: Nonjudicial
Punishment (Article 15): Generally
2006
United
States v. Cary, 62
M.J. 277 (a commander has considerable discretion in deciding whether
an
offense is a minor offense subject to punishment under Article 15,
UCMJ;
nonjudicial punishment can be used to cover a wide variety of offenses,
ranging
from an incidental infraction during initial training to a significant
dereliction by a member of a command’s permanent party).