SECURITY FORCES ARTICLES TEST
Four Security Forces authorities - correct answer ✔✔Detain
Apprehend
Report
Correct
Article 2 (Persons) - correct answer ✔✔States exactly who is subject to military jurisdiction
Article 5 (Place) - correct answer ✔✔The UCMJ applies everywhere, whether on an
Types of Justification - correct answer ✔✔Exclusive - federal government has sole authority to enforce
law on installations
Concurrent - federal and state governments retain their legislative authority and can prosecute
Reciprocal - power for all four branches of DOD to resolve a case through courts martial over all persons
under Article 2, UCMJ
Proprietary - U.S. has same rights as property owner. Only federal laws that can be cited are those
offenses that are exclusively federal in nature
Federal Assimilated Crimes Act - correct answer ✔✔Allows for enforcement of state law in the absence
of applicable federal law
Article 7b of the UCMJ - correct answer ✔✔Give Security Forces authority to apprehend offenders
Posse Comitatus Act - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Congress enacted law in 1878, limiting the Army to
enforce civilian law (cannot enforce laws off base)
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