KRS 35.600: Misbehavior before the enemy.

Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court -martial may direct who,

before or in the presence of the enemy or any hostile force:

(1) Runs away;

(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or

military property which it is his or her duty to defend;

(3) Through disobedience, neglect, or intentional misconduct endangers the safety of

any such command, unit, place, or military property;

(4) Casts away his or her arms or ammunition;

(5) Is guilty of cowardly conduct;

(6) Quits his or her place of duty to plunder or pillage;

(7) Causes false alarms in any command, unit, or place under control of the Armed

Forces of the United States or the state military forces;

(8) Willfully fails to do his or her utmost to encou nter, engage, capture, or destroy any

enemy troops, combatants, vessels, aircraft, or any other thing, which it is his or her

duty so to encounter, engage, capture, or destroy; or

(9) Does not afford all practicable relief and assistance to any troops, com batants,

vessels, or aircraft of the Armed Forces belonging to the United States or their

allies, to the state, or to any other state, when engaged in battle.