Service procedure guides

• Army Military Justice Procedure
  AR 27-10, Army Trial Judiciary, Army Court-Martial Public Record System, and ACCA.
• Navy-Marine Corps Military Justice Procedure
  JAGMAN, Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary, public filings/records, and NMCCA.
• Air Force & Space Force Military Justice Procedure
  DAFI 51-201/current guidance, DAF Special Trial Counsel, public court-martial records, and AFCCA.
• Coast Guard Military Justice Procedure
  Coast Guard Military Justice Manual, Rules of Practice, Office of Military Justice, and CGCCA.

Common rule stack

1. Identify the current UCMJ provision and offense/procedural date.
2. Apply the current published MCM together with later operative presidential amendments.
3. Identify the service-specific regulation or JAG manual provision.
4. Identify any trial-judiciary, circuit, local, or appellate rule governing the forum.
5. Use the correct service docket, public-record system, form, and filing channel.
6. Preserve the exact version and retrieval date of every service rule used.

Why the service layer matters

The same UCMJ article can move through different administrative systems depending on service. Army trial resources and AR 27-10 are not Navy rules; Navy-Marine Corps circuit rules are not Department of the Air Force rules; and Coast Guard military justice operates under DHS authorities while remaining subject to the UCMJ. A service rule should therefore never be generalized across the armed forces without authority.

Source-controlled service registry

The Military Justice Services tab in the Source of Truth Registry now tracks a stable service-procedure ID, route, implementation authorities, trial/public-record systems, appellate court, Source IDs, verification date, and review cadence for each service layer.

Core sources: SRC-174; SRC-183; SRC-187 through SRC-200 · Verified October 4, 2026 · high-volatility service rules reviewed every 14 days.

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