West Virginia Code § 15-1E-90

Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
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Any person subject to this article who:
(1) Strikes his or her superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers
any violence against him or her while he or she is in the execution of his or her office; or
(2) Willfully disobeys a lawful command of his or her superior commissioned officer;
(3) Shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement of not more
than ten years or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, and if the offense is
committed at any other time, by such punishment as a court-martial may direct.

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