(a)    Certified or designated as a judge advocate in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the army, air force, navy, or the marine corps or designated as a law specialist as an officer of the coast guard, or a reserve component of one of these. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001

Military judge: means an official of a general or special court-martial detailed under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001

Officer: means a commissioned or warrant officer. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001

Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

Qualified: when applied to any person elected or appointed to office, means that such person has done those things which the person was by law required to do before entering upon the duties of the person's office. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

Record: when used in connection with the proceedings of a court-martial, means any of the following:

      (a)    An official written transcript, written summary, or other writing relating to the proceedings. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001

State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01

State military forces: means the Wisconsin army and air national guard, the national guard, as defined in 32 U. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001

This code: means this chapter. See Wisconsin Statutes 322.001

Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

   (1)    Any commissioned officer of the state military forces is eligible to serve on all courts-martial for the trial of any person subject to this code.

   (2)   Any warrant officer of the state military forces is eligible to serve on general and special courts-martial for the trial of any person subject to this code, other than a commissioned officer.

   (3)   Any enlisted member of the state military forces who is not a member of the same unit as the accused is eligible to serve on general and special courts-martial for the trial of any enlisted member subject to this code, but that member shall serve as a member of a court only if, before the conclusion of a session called by the military judge under s. 322.039 (1) prior to trial or, in the absence of a session, before the court is assembled for the trial of the accused, the accused personally has requested orally on the record or in writing that enlisted members serve on it. After a request, the accused may not be tried by a general or special court-martial the membership of which does not include enlisted members in a number comprising at least one-third of the total membership of the court, unless eligible enlisted members cannot be obtained on account of physical conditions or military exigencies. If the members cannot be obtained, the court may be assembled and the trial held without them, but the convening authority shall make a detailed written statement, to be appended to the record, stating why they could not be obtained.

   (4)   When it can be avoided, no person subject to this code may be tried by a court-martial any member of which is junior to the accused in rank or grade.

   (5)   When convening a court-martial, the convening authority shall detail members of the state military forces as, in the convening authority’s opinion, are best qualified for the duty by reason of age, education, training, experience, length of service, and judicial temperament. No member of the state military forces is eligible to serve as a member of a general or special court-martial when that member is the accuser, a witness, or has acted as investigating officer or as counsel in the same case.

   (6)   Before a court-martial is assembled for the trial of a case, the convening authority may excuse a member of the court from participating in the case.

   (7)   The convening authority may delegate the authority under this section to a judge advocate or to any other principal assistant.

   (8)   In this section, “unit” means any regularly organized body of the state military forces not larger than a company, a squadron, a division of the naval militia, or a body corresponding to one of them.