Block VI - Quality Force Management (QFM) First Half Flashcards
What is the purpose of the Rules for Courts-Martial (RCM)?
Govern procedures and punishments in all court-martial. To ensure simplicity and fairness in each scenario and eliminate unjustifiable expenses and delays
What is a preamble?
Serves as an introduction to a document by explaining that documents purpose and philosophy
Identify procedures to determine appropriate Military Rules of Evidence (W)
100 - General Provisions
200 - Judicial Notice
300 - Self-incrimination, Search and Seizure, Eyewitness Identification
400 - Relevancy and it’s limits
500 - Privileges
600 - Witness inputs
700 - Opinions and Expert testimony
800 - Hearsay
900 - Authentication and Identification
1000 - Contents of Writing
How many articles and subchapters are there in the UCMJ?
146 articles
12 subchapters
How many Appendices are there in the MCM and what do they do?
There are 22 Appendices in the MCM
Serve as sources and supplemental information to assist with military justice actions.
What is the UCMJ based on?
The US Constitution and takes it roots from the Articles of War
What are articles 1 - 76?
Administrative articles
Discusses the administration and process of NJP and Courts-Martial (CM)
What are articles 77-134?
Punitive Articles
Contain all punitive articles which are used to charge offenses under UCMJ
What are articles 135-140a?
Miscellaneous articles
Out line how to administer other aspects of the law
What are articles 141-146?
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Administration and guidance for the armed forces appellate court
The UCMJ is fundamental military law and applies to who?
All branches of the armed forces
Punitive means what?
Punishment
Identify basic facts about preliminary inquiries into reported offenses (W)
Purpose: to collect facts and evidence about alleged offense
CC has responsibility to ensure preliminary inquiry is c/w
Can be conducted by CC, civ authorities or mil invest agencies
CC’s consult with legal office and consider nature of incident and record of individual. Use progressive discipline
In a scenario environment conduct a review of a completed Letter of Counseling, Letter of Admonishment, and Letter of Reprimand in accordance with instructions (PC/W)
What needs to be in an LOC/A/R?
What the member did or failed to do, citing specific incidents and their dates
What improvement is expected
Further deviation may result in more severe action
The individual will be allocated three duty days to submit a rebuttal for consideration by the initiator
All suppt docs received from the individual will become part of record
The initiator has three duty days to advise of final decision after consideration of comments submitted.
Privacy act of 1974
List the least to most severe counseling types
Letter of Counseling
Letter of Admonishment
Letter of Reprimand
What is the Record of Individual Counseling for?
Show counseling for good and bad things
List mandatory entries in a UIF (W)
Enlisted:
Article 15 if any punishment is 30+ days
Court-martial conviction
Civ court conviction
control roster
ADAPT failure
Officer:
Any art 15
CM conviction
Civ court conviction
Control roster
LOR
ADAPT Failure
List optional entries in a UIF (W)
Enlisted:
LOC, LOA, LOR, Art 15 w/ less than 30 days punishment
Officer:
LOC, LOA
Describe the UIF life-cycle from establishment through disposition (W)
CC uses AF Form 1058 to notify mbr of intent to est UIF
Mbr has 3 duty days to respond
UIF created as a result of Art 15 - mbr cannot respond
Disposition date of UIF is based on the disposition date of the most recent document added
LOC/A/R: 1 yr f/ Enl, 2 yrs f/ Officer
Art 15: 2 yrs f/ Enl, 4 yrs f/ Officer
What form is used to establish a UIF?
AF Form 1058
State step-by-step procedures for conducting annual UIF legal review (W)
Unit CCs & SJAs review annually
Obtain UIF listing from MPF
Compare the list on the AF Form 1137 to actual documents in the UIF.
Review is documented via memorandum or checklist with any or no discrepancies and
routed to SJA for signature
What is AF Form 1137?
Unfavorable Information File (UIF) Summary
What is AFI 36-2907
Adverse Administrative Actions
How often do Unit CCs, senior AF officers, or CCs of an AF element in a joint command have to review all UIFs once they have assumed permanent appointment to command?
Within the first 90 days and every year after.