Nevada Code § 412.508

Misbehavior before enemy
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Any
person subject to this Code who before or in the presence of the enemy:
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
organized militia;
8. Willfully fails to do his or her utmost
to encounter, 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, combatants, vessels or aircraft of the Armed
Forces belonging to the United States or their allies, to this state or to any
other state, when engaged in battle,
shall be
punished as a court-martial may direct.

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