court-martial
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In 2021, a court-martial dismissed Villamide for negligence and sentenced other officers to up to 45 days in jail for concealing information.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
When retired servicemembers come back to face court-martial proceedings, it’s usually related to allegations from their time in active duty, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
On Monday, the Department of Defense announced a probe into Kelly, saying the congressman could be recalled to face a court-martial.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025
His fellow soldiers vehemently disagreed, and Lorance was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court-martial.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2024
Jackson is outraged, orders a court-martial which never convenes.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
The secretary general called for on-site court-martials of alleged perpetrators and DNA testing to identify them.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2016
Xissley, told me that I had been more expense to the Army, due to court-martials, etc., than I could ever repay, even though I should serve the Army 30 -ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Philippine military said that Gudani and Balutan will also face court-martials.
From Time Magazine Archive
The authorities called for court-martials but quieted down when it was learned that the whole frontier was in cahoots with the Black Boys.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reports of several court-martials read at dress parade, of artillery men. —— of our Battery, ten days hard labor after twenty in confinement in guard house.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jenkins Lloyd Jones
But they are the ones who will face courts-martial and federal indictments if they cross the line.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025
Indeed, using the flag as a handkerchief has at least twice led to courts-martial.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025
On Wednesday, Del Toro told the Washington Post the decision came after a Navy investigation found legal errors made in the 1944 courts-martial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2024
But the bill leaves the convening authority for such courts-martial in the chain of command.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2021
After all, perhaps the proceedings of courts-martial were less bad than these legal masquerades.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
Because Mauldin himself was a soldier, Patton could have him court-martialed and put in jail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Third, retired officers can be court-martialed for sedition.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
David Christopher Noble, 48, a former US Air Force officer who was previously court-martialed and dismissed from the military, and Nicole Devilbiss, 35.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024
Jenkins was court-martialed, dishonorably discharged and served a brief sentence — during which he claimed he was intensely debriefed by U.S. intelligence officials.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
“I can have you court-martialed for this, Corporal. She is a prisoner, and in this facility, I am the law.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
"If a soldier or soldiers were to be found guilty of such behaviour, I am telling you that they would be court-martialled immediately," Mr Bakary said.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2018
Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning directly to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday at a hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialled in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2011
Although the Swedes are routed, the prince is court-martialled for disobeying orders and sentenced to death.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2010
Twenty-one Americans refused to return to the United States; forty announced that they had become Communists; and fourteen were court-martialled, and eleven of those were convicted.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 8, 2003
Organized the invasion of Canada in 1775, and was court-martialled for the evacuation of Ticonderoga in 1777, but acquitted.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
The service also has considered court-martialing skippers, only to ultimately decide that was not warranted.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2018
Amerine believes the Army is bent on court-martialing him once the Criminal Investigation Command finishes its probe.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2015
Pentagon officials initially dismissed the idea of court-martialing Sergeant Bergdahl, saying five years in captivity was punishment enough.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2014
The perils came home again more recently, when sharp comments he made about court-martialing members of the military accused of sexual assault provided ammunition to defense lawyers, who called that improper interference.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2013
“Well,” said I, “you will raise the deuce court-martialing me, when there is only five or six members of the Company who can read or write and they are all on my side.”
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
There had been calls for the removal, even the court-martialling, of the general concerned, but the army had defended the latter and he had been allowed to complete the campaign.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
They've struck the originality all right," he admitted, "but, Lord, the time that will be wasted court-martialling you fellows!
From The Man from the Clouds by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
They have a pretty habit of court-martialling naval officers when they risk their ship unnecessarily.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday
The rest of the year was uneventful, except for the court-martialling of Lee and his duel with Laurens, who challenged him for his defamation of Washington.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols.
From The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 by John W. Arthur
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