“剥夺军衔”这种刑罚措施自 1 988年军队恢复军衔制度以来 ,在军事法院的审判实践中一直作为一种附加刑广泛适用于被判处剥夺政治权利或者 3年以上有期徒刑的犯罪军人。本文认为 ,1 997年新刑法实施后 ,该附加刑不能继续适用了。 The Penalty Measures of “Deprivation of Military Ranks” Since the army reinstated the rank system in 1988, it has been widely applied as a supplementary punishment to criminal soldiers who were sentenced to deprivation of political rights or imprisonment of not less than three years in the trial practice of military courts. This article argues that after the implementation of the new criminal law in 1997, the additional penalty can not continue to apply.