Dante’s Inferno

Hazing

“Hazing is any conduct whereby a military member or members, regardless of service or rank, without proper authority causes another military member or members, regardless of service or rank, to suffer or be exposed to any activity which is cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning or harmful. Soliciting or coercing another to perpetrate any such activity is also considered hazing. “

Punishment

• Time in the Brig • Reduction of Pay• Reduction of Rank• Adverse administrative or disciplinary

action

Rape

“…unlawful sexual intercourse or sexual penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth of another person, with or without force by sex organ, other body part of foreign object, without the consent of the victim.”

Punishment

According to the UCMJ under article 120, all sexual assault cases will be tried by general court-marshal. The service member will be dishonorably discharge if enlisted or dismissed if found to be an officer.

Military Hell Punishment

Misbehavior before the enemy

• Runs away• Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or

delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his duty to defend

• Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of any such command, unit, place, or military property

• Casts away his arms or ammunition• Is guilty of cowardly conduct• Quits his place of duty to plunder or

pillage• Causes false alarms in any command,

unit, or place under control of the armed forces

• Willfully fails to do his utmost to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy any enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy

• Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, combatants, vessels, or aircraft of the armed forces belonging to the United States or their allies when engaged in battle

Punishment

• Reduction in rank• Dishonorable discharge• Reduction in pay• Administrative or disciplinary punishment• Death

Military Hell Punishment

• Shame parade• Boiled in a

cauldron

Misconduct as Prisoner

“If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and to aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.”

-Military Code of Conduct, Article III

Punishment

• Reduction in rank• Dishonorable discharge• Reduction in pay• Administrative or disciplinary punishment

Military Hell Punishment

• Removal of limbs• Tearing of tongue

Absence Without Leave

When a soldier fails to report to a prescribe place of duty or leaves his permanent station or command without proper authorization. – Article 86

Punishment

• Administrative punishment• Extra duties• Correctional custody• Forfeiture of pay

Military Hell Punishment

• Confinement to a brig in external hell fire

• Will be running in the same area for eternity

Driving Under the Influence

When a soldier operates any motorized vehicle while intoxicated or while impaired by a controlled substance – Article 111

Punishment

• Reduction in rank • Confinement with bread and water• Hard labor• Separation from military

Military Hell Punishment

• Drink liquor for eternity• Hung by the ankle and submerged in a drum

filled with hallucinogen

Conclusion

• Dante’s Inferno• Hazing• Rape• Misconduct Before the Enemy• Misconduct as Prisoner• Absent Without Leave• Driving Under the Influence

References

• Inferno (Dante). (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)

• Uniform Code of Military Justice - UCMJ. (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2015, from http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm