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I some times wonder how many of our enlisted personnel actually understand or read the UCMJ or the Constitution. I will admit that when I was 18 years old and in the service, I didn’t know everything or understand everything in either one. I was too busy trying to learn what was required of me.

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I some times wonder how many of our enlisted personnel actually understand or read the UCMJ or the Constitution. I will admit that when I was 18 years old and in the service, I didn’t know everything or understand everything in either one. I was too busy trying to learn what was required of me.

Fewer than you think, based on my career in the AF as an officer, and my son (enlisted) in the Marines. It's not just enlisted personnel, there are plenty of officers who don't understand.

Sure, they may read it and say they understand, but reading and comprehension are two different things. I'd imagine that for an 18 year old just out of high school, the odds of them understanding the UCMJ are pretty low, except for the parts drilled into them by their instructors.

Mayb sumbdy shd transl8 d UCMJ n2 sumthin that yungr ppl can undrstnd ;-)