Assuming that the reserves work the same way as active duty , she can also get punishment from the military under the UCMJ . Basically , while in the military you can get punished in the civilian world , and then nailed again by the military and it ' s not wrong because A they usually get you on military specific regulations and B you agree to it when you sign up . Had some idiots in my old unit get busted for DWIDUI so they serve their time in the civilian world I think they were all first offenders so something like 3090 days fines and loss of license then get processed on the military side and get hit with loss of rank , loss of pay , extra duty . Sometimes you can be put on restriction which is kind of like the military equivalent of house arrest . That ' s not to say the military wont jail you as well they just prefer to get some use out of you instead unless the crime is really worth it . The only incident I personally know of was a guy who was the ringleader of an illegal substance ring while we were deployed . All his minions got off easy typically with a general discharge after 3090 days of ED he had ~ 30 days hard labor filling sandbags from 4 ammidnight in an Iraq summer and then sent stateside for jail time . Technically the hard labor wasn ' t his punishment but it was his assigned duty while awaiting transport stateside . I ' m sure they didn ' t rush any of the paperwork to get him out though . I put illegal substance in quotes because at the time it was something that was legal to purchase unrestricted in quantity but fell under the military ' s or other mind altering substance clause .