United States Code
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§ 928.
Art. 128. Assault
(a)
Any person subject to this chapter who, unlawfully and with force or violence—
(1)
attempts to do bodily harm to another person;
(2)
offers to do bodily harm to another person; or
(3)
does bodily harm to another person;
is guilty of assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(b)
Any person subject to this chapter—
(1)
who, with the intent to do bodily harm, offers to do bodily harm with a dangerous weapon;
(2)
who, in committing an assault, inflicts substantial bodily harm or grievous bodily harm on another person; or
(3)
who commits an assault by strangulation or suffocation;
is guilty of aggravated assault and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(c)
(1)
Any person subject to this chapter who commits assault with intent to commit an offense specified in paragraph (2) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(2)
The offenses referred to in paragraph (1) are murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape, sexual assault, rape of a child, sexual assault of a child, robbery, arson, burglary, and kidnapping.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75; Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5441, Dec. 23, 2016 , 130 Stat. 2954; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1081(c)(1)(P), Dec. 12, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1599; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 531(a), Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1759.)
cite as: 10 USC 928