 |
| |
|
| |
|
|
MichaeltheGreat
|
|
Apolyton Grand Executioner
|
 |
mooning the house that Ruth built.
Oct 1999
time: 21:32
|
|
Use of the term desertion is inaccurate.
The UCMJ and service regulations recognize three four grades of absence from duties.
AWOL is the least serious, but can still be pretty damned serious depending on the facts of the matter. A soldier is AWOL anytime he or she is not in the appointed place at the appointed time in the appointed uniform. You're late from a 72 hour pass by ten minutes? That's AWOL. You leave the base or some assigned duty where you are supposed to be at the time, that's AWOL. You show up out of uniform enough for it to me more than a chickenshit uniform violation, that's AWOL too. Your status is unknown, that's AWOL until your disappearance for a period of time, or an investigation of the circumstances creates a presumption of desertion.
Missing movement is a very serious offense, and that's when you don't show up for a scheduled unit movement to another deployment. Your ship sails, your unit moves without you, and your ass belongs to God after the JAG Corps gets done with you, unless you have a damned good reason beyond your control.
Desertion is generally when there is an intent to permanently abandon your duty and oath.
Desertion under enemy fire is an aggravating circumstance and a much more serious offense, as it is not just abandonment of your duty and fellow soldiers, it is doing so to save yourself while directly increasing their risk of death, wounds or capture.
Actual desertion rates are a tiny fraction of a percent, because the military criminal law system views it as an extreme offense.
AWOL's coming back from leave while on deployment aren't that uncommon, but most of them are trivial, and involve travel delays, or some stupid PFC that had to just stick around an extra day to get laid, etc. Most of them get resolved behind the scenes, either with completely informal punishment or Article 15s. Very few AWOL cases are severe enough to rate court-martial, and very few AWOL defendents are dumb enough to push for a court-martial instead of sucking up an Article 15.
|
|
| |
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:32.
Apolyton Time is 00:32. |
top of page
|
| archivepost |
|
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-12-2003 21:13
Attachment: 
|
