Does the UCMJ apply after you leave the military?

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@friedo

I was under the impression that the discharge did not occur until after the sentence had ended.

Apparently that’s not always the case. This JAG report discusses some cases involving discharged prisoners:

one of which involves a service-member who was discharged before his court-martial and who was on terminal leave when apprehended, are currently before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. The appellate court should definitively decide the applicability of Feres to post-discharge military prisoners soon. These decisions will have broad ramifications for the USDB and all RCFs.

http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/annual/FY00/FY00ArmyReport.pdf