Uniform Code of Military Justice
Article 148. Communicating a Threat.
(a) A person subject to this Code is guilty under this Article when the person knowingly communicates a serious expression of intent to unlawfully cause death, bodily harm, kidnapping, or substantial destruction of property and intends the communication to be understood as a threat or knows that it will reasonably be understood as a threat.
(b) Political rhetoric, advocacy, jokes, hyperbole, conditional statements, or angry language do not constitute an offense unless the Government proves the threatening intent or knowledge required by subsection (a).
(c) A person guilty under this Article shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.