article_snippet: The Uniform Code of Military Justice describes examples of that crime as running away from a fighting enemy, throwing down his weapons, abandoning his platoon or other fighting unit, or otherwise purposely failing '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.'
article_snippet: Desertion with Intent to Shirk Important or Hazardous Duty': .
article_snippet: Article 85 charges a soldier with desertion if he 'quits he unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service.
article_snippet: Misbehavior Before the Enemy by Endangering the Safety of a Command, Unit or Place': .
article_snippet: Article 99 charges a servicemember with running away from a fighting enemy, throwing down his weapons, abandoning his platoon or other fighting unit, or otherwise purposely failing '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.'