---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 933"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "933"
heading: "Art. 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/933"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter X — Punitive Articles"
---

# §933. Art. 133. Conduct unbecoming an officer


Any [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2), [cadet](/usc/10/801.md?p=6), or [midshipman](/usc/10/801.md?p=7) who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 76; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 542(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1709.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 933 | 50:727. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 133), 64 Stat. 142. |

The word “commissioned” is inserted for clarity.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 117–81 struck out “and a gentleman” after “an officer” in section catchline and text.