# US Army officers not following orders

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-army-officers-not-following-orders/951929 "2021-10-05T13:40:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-army-officers-not-following-orders/951929/3 "2021-10-05T14:29:55Z")

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BTW, here’s a [previous thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-ucmj-apply-after-you-leave-the-military/448561/10) that discussed whether he could still be prosecuted for violating orders, years after the event. The consensus was that he couldn’t, because he was no longer in the military and the UCMJ no longer applied, as well as the fact that the SOL for anything other than death penalty crimes is 5 years.

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