Marines


OFFICE of SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL-NCR
OFFICE SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL-NCR
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mISSION

The mission of the OSTC is to provide expert, independent, and ethical representation of the United States in the investigation and prosecution of the covered offenses prescribed in Article 1(17) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and other offenses over which the OSTC exercises authority pursuant to Article 24a, UCMJ.

The covered offenses are:

​Article 117a (crimes involving intimate visual images)

Article 118 (murder)

Article 119 (manslaughter)

Article 119a (death or injury of an unborn child)

Article 120 (rape and sexual assault)

Article 120a (mails:deposit of obscene matter)

Article 120b (sexual assault of a child)

Article 120c (miscellaneous sex offenses)

Article 125 (kidnapping)

Article 128b (domestic violence)

Article 130 (Stalking)

Article 132 (retaliation)

Article 134 (child pornography)

Conspiracies, solicitations, or attempts to commit these offenses, as well as offenses related to the covered offense and any other known offense allegedly committed by the same accused.

The OSTC-NCR is responsible for the execution of OSTC duties and responsibilities for those offenses over which the OSTC exercises authority and has not deferred, where the alleged covered offense is alleged to have been committed by an active duty service member stationed in Washington D.C., and the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.

The OSTC-NCR is a part of the independent USMC OSTC which reports directly to the Secretary of the Navy.

For information regarding the changes to military justice, please watch this
video:
Department of the Navy Military Justice Reforms

location

 

The OSTC-NCR is located at:  

3250 Catlin Avenue, Quantico, VA 22134, Lejeune Hall

 

pOINTS OF CONTACT

Office Phone:
(703) 784-3696

E-mail:
ostcncr@usmc.mil


If you are a victim or a witness seeking to report a covered offense, please contact NCIS at 1-877-579-3648 or, if local to MCB Quantico or Washington DC, 202-433-3858.
If you are a member of a command seeking to report the 5 W's of a covered offense, please email ostcncr@usmc.mil.
 

Marine Corps Base Quantico