UCMJ Article 108: Military Property of the United States – Loss, Damage, Destruction, or Wrongful Disposition
Value and damage vary and are determined by calculating the amount of damage and the estimated or actual cost of repair by the Government agency generally employed in such work or the cost of replacement, as shown by Government price lists or otherwise, whichever is less. In the case of loss, destruction, sale, or wrongful disposition, the property’s value controls the maximum punishment that may be adjudged. In the case of damage, the amount of damage controls.