Fort Leavenworth There are two kinds of Soldiers at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. — the ones with no rank or pay, and those with keys. Unofficially called "The Castle," Fort Leavenworth is the only maximum-security prison within the Department of Defense and has operated since 1875. Thew are two maximum security prisons at Leavenworth, the other is the private Lansing Correctional Facility. Of 440 male inmates at the USDB, 9 are currently on death row and 10 are serving life without parole. Female felons are locked away at the Naval Consolidated Brig in San Diego, Calif. Though military executions have become increasingly rare, an estimated 465 soldiers have been executed since the Civil War, most for desertion in wartime and mutiny. The prison benefits from the fact that every inmate has had some military discipline before he arrives. With the rare exception, they aren't career criminals found in civilian prisons. Sexual offenses currently account for more than half of inmate’s crimes. It's called the special housing unit at the place known as The Castle. But for the nine soldiers on the military's Death Row at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., life is no fairy tale. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the commander-in-chief must personally approve all death sentences. The last execution was conducted April 13, 1961. Only 10 members of the military have been executed since 1951, when the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the military's modern-day legal system, was enacted. President Eisenhower was the last president to approve a military execution. Since the last military execution, the method of death has changed twice. Army Private John Bennett, convicted of the 1955 rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old Austrian girl, was hanged at Fort Leavenworth in 1961. On Feb. 12, 1962, President Kennedy commuted the death sentence of Jimmy Henderson, a Navy seaman, to confinement for life. President Bush on July 8, 2008 authorized the execution of Army Private Ronald A. Gray be who has been on Leavenworth's death row for 13 years. Former North Carolina Ronald A. Gray, 43, a former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is scheduled to be executed Dec. 10 at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. in what would be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years. Ronald A. Gray's crimes include: * Raping and killing Army Pvt. Laura Lee Vickery-Clay of Fayetteville on Dec. 15, 1986. She was shot four times with a .22-caliber pistol that Gray confessed to stealing. She also suffered blunt force trauma over much of her body. * Raping and killing Kimberly Ann Ruggles, a civilian cab driver in Fayetteville. She was bound, gagged, stabbed repeatedly and had bruises and lacerations on her face. Her body was found on the base. * Raping, robbing and attempting to kill an Army private in her barracks at Fort Bragg on Jan. 3, 1987. The victim testified against Gray and identified him as her assailant. Gray raped her and stabbed her several times in the neck and side. Army Secretary Pete Geren set the execution date and ordered that Gray be put to death by injection. There are eight other members of the military including — two soldiers, a Marine and one Air Force airman — all under sentence of death. Gray was arrested in connection with four slaying's and eight rapes in the Fayetteville, N.C., area between April 1986 and January 1987, while he was stationed at Fort Bragg. The current inmates on Fort Leavenworth's Death Row are enlisted men. Before Army Pvt. Dwight Loving of Rochester, the next scheduled to die, can be put to death, President Bush and the Supreme Court must affirm his sentence. Also on death row are a total of 9 (as of 1/1/2008) Names of the condemned are: 1. * Kenneth G. Parker, USMC / LCpl / 76500-92-03 A black Marine - Convicted in 1993 of premeditated murder at Camp Lajeune, N.C. 2. * Wade L. Walker, / USMC / USMC / LCpl / 76499-92-03 A black Marine -Convicted in 1993 of premeditated murder at Camp Lajeune, N.C. Convicted in the same incident as Parker. His retrial is pending. 3. * Jessie A. Quintanilla, / USMC / SGT / 76951-96-03 An Asian Marine - convicted October 1996 at Camp Pendleton, California, for murder of one officer and attempted murder of another. His retrial is pending. 4. * James T. Murphy, / USArmy / SGT / ? A black Soldier -Convicted of killing his wife and drowning their two children. His retrial is pending. 5. * Ronald A. Gray, / USArmy / SPC / 733786-88-01 A black Soldier-Convicted in April 1988 at Fort Bragg, N.C. on charges of rape, forcible sodomy and murder of two women and attempted murder of a third woman. Scheduled for December 10. 6. * Dwight J. Loving, / USArmy / PVT / 74276-88-01 A black Soldier-convicted in April 1989 at Fort Hood, Texas, on two counts of murder and one attempted murder of three taxi drivers. 7. * William J. Kreutzer, / USARMY / SGT / 76651-95-01 A white Soldier-Convicted June 1996 at Ft. Bragg, N.C.on charges of one specification of premeditated murder and 18 specifications of attempted murder, as well as one specification of violating a general order by transporting weapons on post and one specification of larceny of government property. His retrial is pending. 8. * Hasan Akbar, / US Army / SGT / ? A black Soldier -Convicted in April 2005 on charges of first degree-murder and attempted first-degree murder after attacking troops in command tents with grenades and a rifle in Kuwait in 2003. Sgt. 9. * Andrew P. Witt, / USAF / SrA / ? A white Airman - convicted in October 2005 of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder in the deaths of another airman and his wife and the wounding of another airman at Robbins Air Force Base, Ga. The military of the United States executed 160 soldiers and other members of the armed forces between 1942 and 1961 (these figures do not include German prisoners of war, war criminals and saboteurs executed by military authorities between 1942 and 1951). There have been no military executions since 1961 although the death penalty is still a possible punishment for several crimes under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Of these executions, 157 were carried out by the United States Army. The United States Air Force conducted the three remaining executions, one in 1950 and two in 1954. The U.S. Navy has not executed anyone since 1849. It should also be noted that the United States Army had previously executed a total of 36 soldiers during the First World War, eleven of these executions taking place between 5 November 1917 and 20 June 1919 in France and 25 hangings being carried out in the continental United States over the same time period. Of the total, 106 were executed for murder (including 21 involving rape), 53 for rape and one for desertion (Eddie Slovik). Time is getting short for  Ronald A Gray, will some slick ACLU lawyer prevail or will he get his just due on December 10, 2008 as scheduled?