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service-connected offense

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From 401 U.S. 355 - Relford v. Commandant, U. S. Disciplinary Barracks · 1971Most cited · 840 citing opinions

when a serviceman is charged with an offense committed within or at the geographical boundary of a military post and violative of the security of a person or of property there, that offense may be tried by a court-martial. Expressing it another way: a serviceman's crime against the person of an individual upon the base or against property on the base is 'service connected,' within the meaning of that requirement as specified in O'Callahan.