Dereliction of duty in American law

Dereliction of duty is a specific offense under United States Code Title 10, Section 892, Article 92 and applies to all branches of the US military. A service member who is derelict has willfully refused to perform their duties (or follow a given order) or has incapacitated themselves in such a way that they cannot perform their duties. Such incapacitation includes the offender falling asleep while on duty requiring wakefulness, them getting drunk or otherwise intoxicated and consequently being unable to perform their duties, shooting themselves and thus being unable to perform any duty, or his vacating their post contrary to regulations.

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