R 142047Z SEP 12
MARADMIN 514/12
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2012/CMC WASHINGTON DC JA//
SUBJ/MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL, UNITED STATES (2012 EDITION)//
POC/D.J. BROSTEK/LTCOL/UNIT:JAD(JAM)/-/TEL:703-614-4250//
POC/S.F. THOMPSON/MAJ/UNIT:JAD(JAM)/-/TEL:703-693-8901//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  THIS MARADMIN PROMULGATES THE NEW MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL (MCM), UNITED STATES (2012 EDITION).   THE 2012 EDITION OF THE MCM IS A COMPLETE REPRINTING AND INCORPORATES ALL AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES FOR COURTS-MARTIAL, MILITARY RULES OF EVIDENCE (MIL. R. EVID.), AND PUNITIVE ARTICLES MADE BY THE PRESIDENT IN EXECUTIVE ORDERS (EO). THIS EDITION ALSO CONTAINS AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ) MADE BY THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 THROUGH 2012. THE MANUAL IS AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY AT HTTP:SLASHSLASHWWW.DOD.GOV/DODGC/IMAGES/MCM2012.PDF.
2.  USERS ARE ADVISED THAT THE MIL. R. EVID. WILL BE AMENDED AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THIS MANUAL AND WILL TAKE EFFECT ONLY AFTER THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THE RELEVANT EXECUTIVE ORDER. ONCE APPROVED, THE REVISED MIL. R. EVID. WILL EXIST OUTSIDE OF THIS MANUAL UNTIL ITS NEXT COMPLETE REPRINTING.
3.  USERS ARE ALSO ADVISED THAT ARTICLE 120 HAS BEEN AMENDED BY THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012, PUBLIC LAW 112-81, 31 DECEMBER 2011. THE AMENDED VERSION OF ARTICLE 120 CREATES THREE SEPARATE SEXUAL OFFENSE STATUTES: ARTICLE 120 FOR OFFENSES AGAINST ADULTS; ARTICLE 120B FOR OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN; AND ARTICLE 120C FOR OTHER SEXUAL OFFENSES. ARTICLE 120A REMAINS UNCHANGED. AS OF 2012, THERE ARE NOW THREE VERSIONS OF ARTICLE 120, AND EACH VERSION IS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THIS MANUAL. FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED PRIOR TO 1 OCTOBER 2007, THE RELEVANT SEXUAL OFFENSE PROVISIONS ARE CONTAINED IN APPENDIX 27. FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED DURING THE PERIOD 1 OCTOBER 2007 THROUGH 27 JUNE 2012, THE RELEVANT SEXUAL OFFENSE PROVISIONS ARE CONTAINED IN APPENDIX 28. FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER 28 JUNE 2012, THE RELEVANT SEXUAL OFFENSE PROVISIONS ARE CONTAINED IN PART IV OF THIS MANUAL (ARTICLES 120, 120B, AND 120C).
4.  FOR QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE RELEASE OF THE NEW MCM, CONTACT JAD, JAM, LTCOL DEREK BROSTEK, USMC AT (703) 614-4250.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN V. A. ARY, SJA TO CMC.//