United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, cited as C.A.A.F. or USCAAF, is an Article I court with worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the United States Armed Forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Five civilian judges sit on it, each appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of fifteen years. It reviews decisions of the service courts of criminal appeals of the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, the Coast Guard and the Air Force. Congress established it as a three-judge civilian Court of Military Appeals under Article 67 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, enacted on 5 May 1950 and effective on 31 May 1951. Congress renamed it the United States Court of Military Appeals in 1968, enlarged it to five judges in 1989 and gave it its present name in 1994. The court has been located in Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C., since 1952.