The reduction in code saves MIPS and saves maintenance.

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However the finance organization typically finds it difficult to justify maintenance costs of the millions of lines of legacy code (read past).

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It is essential to the maintenance of good order and discipline that the UCMJ be preserved as the preeminent code of conduct for U.S. service personnel.

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