Rocks and Shoals

Rocks and Shoals

:"For the "" episode, see "Rocks and Shoals (DS9 episode)"."Rocks and Shoals was the informal name of the Articles for the Government of the United States Navy.

Justice under the Articles was swift, and tended to be harsh.Fact|date=June 2008

It was replaced by the Uniform Code of Military Justice in 1951.

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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-7.htm Articles for the Government of the United States Navy] ca. 1930
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-6.htm A remembrance of the Articles]


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