What does NCIS investigate?
NCIS is primarily responsible for investigating actual, suspected or alleged major criminal offenses involving the U.S. Department of the Navy, or Navy or Marine Corps personnel. A major criminal offense—or a felony—is defined as an act punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) by imprisonment of more than one year, or punishable under similarly framed federal, state, local, or foreign laws. Examples of such major criminal offenses include, but are not limited to, homicide, rape, espionage and fraud. NCIS does not investigate UCMJ offenses of a purely military character, such as desertion or UCMJ violations involving consensual sexual activities.
