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  1. Dereliction of duty

    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 his duties (or follow a given order) or has incapacitated himself in such a way that he cannot perform his duties. Such incapacitation includes the person falling asleep while on duty requiring wakefulness, his getting drunk or otherwise intoxicated and consequently being unable to perform his duties, shooting himself and thus being unable to perform any duty, or his vacating his post contrary to regulations.

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  1. Dereliction of duty

    Dereliction of duty is a specific offense under United States Code Title 10,892. Article 92 and applies to all branches of the US military. A service member who is derelict has willfully refused to perform his duties or has incapacitated himself in such a way that he cannot perform his duties. Such incapacitation includes the person falling asleep while on duty requiring wakefulness, his getting drunk or otherwise intoxicated and consequently being unable to perform his duties, shooting himself and thus being unable to perform any duty, or his vacating his post contrary to regulations. Article 92 also applies to service members whose acts or omissions rise to the level of criminally negligent behavior. The first such case charged occurred during World War II, when Army Air Force Lieutenants William Sincock and Theodore Balides were court-martialed for dereliction of duty when they mistakenly dropped bombs on Zürich, a city of Switzerland, which was a neutral country during that war. Both men were later acquitted.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dereliction of duty in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dereliction of duty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dereliction of duty in a Sentence

  1. Andy Biggs:

    President Biden and Vice President Harris have sent an unequivocal message that they prefer illegal immigrants over Americans, their radical agenda has erased our southern border. Americans suffer from the Biden policy which has encouraged more than one million illegal border crossings this year which has produced increased human, sex, and drug trafficking. The American people condemn the Biden Administration’s dereliction of duty.

  2. Bennie Thompson:

    That dereliction of duty causes us real concern, and one of those concerns is that whether or not it was intentional, and whether or not that lack of attention for that longer period of time, would warrant a referral.

  3. Jennifer Harrison:

    This is the exact kind of case that we are watching because it will encourage additional crime and victimize the entire city. we are going to have court watchers tracking cases and making sure that violent criminals get the justice and the sentences they deserve. We will help families file grievances and lawsuits if any kind of harmful injury occurs or if a death occurs due to Alvin Bragg's dereliction of duty.

  4. Roger Severino:

    Its a dereliction of duty that is an insult to the bipartisan consensus that says you cannot force people to assist in abortions.

  5. Hendrik Meijer:

    For three hours after the Capitol was attacked, when Hendrik Meijer, the House GOP chamber and several hundred of my colleagues were having to flee from a mob, when the vice president, his wife, his daughter were running from crowds screaming' hang Mike Pence,' when the next two individuals in the presidential line of succession were unsecured and had to be taken to secure locations, for three hours the President did nothing, i think that was a shameful dereliction of duty.


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  • التقصير في أداء الواجبArabic
  • PflichtverletzungGerman
  • कर्तव्य की उपेक्षाHindi
  • szolgálat elhanyagolásaHungarian
  • abbandono del dovereItalian
  • неисполнение обязанностейRussian
  • dereliction of dutyUkrainian

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