WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden gave final approval Friday to the biggest reshaping in generations of the country's Uniform Code of Military Justice, stripping commanders of their authority over ...

Maj. Jonathan Batt is accused of a variety of sexual and aggravated assaults on women in Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, ...

The court-martial for an Army major charged with raping or sexually assaulting more than a dozen women in the Washington area ...

The largest overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice since its creation in 1950 removes commanders’ authority over cases of sexual assault and a handful of other high-profile crimes.

Further, enlistees vow to “obey the orders of the president of the United States” and other officers “according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.” The Uniform Code ...

And it was included in the annual defense bill last year. But since it requires a change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, it needed formal presidential action. In a call with reporters ...