Uniform Code of Military Justice
Article 147. Negligent Homicide.
(a) A person subject to this Code is guilty of negligent homicide when—
(i) the person owes a duty of reasonable care under the circumstances;
(ii) the person engages in culpably negligent conduct amounting to a substantial departure from the care a reasonable person would exercise;
(iii) the conduct causes the death of another human being; and
(iv) the death is not more specifically punishable as murder or manslaughter.
(b) Ordinary negligence, without the substantial departure required by subsection (a), does not constitute an offense under this Article.
(c) A person guilty under this Article shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
