I am asking this for My brother. He has been awol since 1990 I believe. Anyways He has since found Religion, and believes that he needs to atone for his mistake he made at 21 years old. He has talked to his pastor about this and they are researching this matter. I am prior service myself, but I do not know for sure. I do think if you accept the punishment, and serve it with honor you could be allowed to finish your contract out. Any thoughts?
2007-07-15 08:19:15 · 21 answers · asked by Bobby_D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
ask a recruiter
2007-07-15 08:22:29 · answer #1 · answered by RUSSELLL 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I Would say this is one of the hardest questions i have ever had to answer. Because of how i feel personally about the issue. Rather than say much i will give this advice. Go online and contact Recruiting command for the branch he was in and ask them what the standard is they may just surprise you.
I might mention at this time however it is your responsability to turn him in he is not just a awol he is a deserter you could be charged for aiding a felon. You as a former soldier ahhh **** never mind said i wouldn't do it so i won't.
2007-07-15 08:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by ASmiles1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have seen in the past a guy that returned after 2 years of being AWOL was placed back in the unit with his former rank and began to draw his pay again until the paperwork was processed to put him out of the military officially. He was not put in jail, but was dishonorably discharged without benfits. Your brother's best bet will be to turn himself in and face the music.
2007-07-18 02:51:17 · answer #3 · answered by Mike A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to deal with a guy that was awol for almost two years. He received a BCD (after hanging out for about a month and a half) then sent on his way. I had two of my nco's drop him off in the us cavalry parking lot just outside gate 4 here at ft campbell. if your brother turns himself in, odds are he'll get taken back to his original unit if it still exists (much has changed in 15 years), court martialed, bcd, then maybe some jail time then released.
2007-07-15 09:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by Todd J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
terrific case of AWOL I ever observed, whilst my joe have been given a splash bored to death that he replaced into end-lossed on rear D. He desperate to place a "long gone fishing, be back later" be conscious on his front door and disappeared for extra or less 40 5 days. whilst he finally got here back, we had him constrained to the barracks and out interior of a pair of weeks. No genuine unfavourable criminal action, in basic terms a dishonorable discharge. Now including your chum no longer showing up, i assume that would desire to bypass various procedures. I think of that it probably happens extra suitable than the militia would want to admit so I doubt it incredibly is going to likely be THAT extreme. perchance a generic discharge and a bar to reentry? no longer asserting I condone it, yet i do no longer understand if the militia has the want to prosecute those human beings the fullest.
2016-10-21 09:32:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grats to your brother for wanting to make amends, but I believe that awol is awol and can't be made up. Kinda like, if you escape from a prison they aren't going to let you just come back and make up for it. But you never know.
2007-07-15 08:22:55 · answer #6 · answered by jade2311 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First he has to turn himself in and then deal with the consequences, then he might have a chance. Although as a vet I am not proud of his going AWOL I do respect highly his wanting to correct it
2007-07-15 10:29:18 · answer #7 · answered by Pengy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chances are he will by court martialed, receive a sentence, by thrown into the stockade, then given a dishonorable discharge after his release. The military is very strick about AWOLs.
2007-07-15 08:24:22 · answer #8 · answered by regerugged 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
he needs to turn him self in before they find him it will be eaiser on him .he will serve time under the UCMJ code for being a deserter during war time .. find Religion will not really help him. the milarty is very hard on that also he will get a bad conduct discharge and he wil not be able to serve in any brances of the armed srevice. and he also might not be intitle to his va benfites due to beinf a deseter from the army. and if you know where he is you need to turn him cause you also could be charge with hiding a deserter from the armed force's
us milatry vet 16 yers
2007-07-15 08:30:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Believe me when I say this..."NO! They do not want him at all". I'm sure your brother is a good person now but he's been gone for 15 years. Guess what? They have been doing fine without him. He will be arrested and will spend about 6 weeks in jail.
2007-07-15 08:35:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think he should just hide out.was this during the first gulf war?When I was in the army they told us that AWOL during war time is desertion and the penalty for that is death.Thats what they told us maybee as a scare tactic but Im no JAG laywer but I was allready called a barrics lawyer.
2007-07-15 11:03:10 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋