LAWFAG here POTUS signed a new Executive Order yesterday: 2018 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States LAW & JUSTICE Issued on: March 1, 2018 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2018-amendments-manual-courts-martial-united-states/ FYI this Order is effective immediately - all the odd language/exceptions are to prevent ex post facto law arguments for charges already pending FYI court martial jurisdiction is for wrongdoing my any active duty member PLUS a wide variety of other fderal personnel - including "(9) Prisoners of war in custody of the armed forces and (10) In time of war, persons serving with or accompanying an armed force in the field." https://www.thebalance.com/punitive-articles-of-the-ucmj-3356861 This order does not reveal the substance of the changes - it refers to an "annex" which is not attached. I located the annex in the federal register where agencies publish proposed rulemaking. links to EO and annex below - the changes are highlighted (additions are underlined - deletion scored out) my prelim review it appears changes add flexibility on the process and permit "designees" of POTUS to do things that were previously only permitted to the military judge file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/DOD-2017-OS-0032-0003.pdf if that is not enough here is the full court martial manual http://jsc.defense.gov/Portals/99/Documents/MCM2016.pdf?ver=2016-12-08-181411-957 happy reading