Uniform Code of Military Justice
Article 185. Conduct Unbecoming an Officer.
(a) Any commissioned officer subject to this Code who, while acting in an official capacity, engages in conduct unbecoming an officer to the prejudice of good order and discipline or which brings discredit upon the armed forces is guilty under this Article.
(c) This Article shall not be used to avoid an element, defense, jurisdictional limit, or sentencing restriction of a more specific punitive Article.
(d) A specification under this Article shall identify the conduct alleged, the official capacity in which the officer acted, and the prejudice to good order and discipline or discredit upon the armed forces alleged to have resulted.
(e) A person guilty under this Article shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
