Ok before everyone goes crazy on me my friend was at her duty station for one month then she went awol for 14 months and now she just turned herself into today expecting to get cuffed and sent to the briggs or something more then hearing" get the hell out of my face"....So what is going to happen and if her unit doesnt want to help what can she do? talk to a lawyer in the jag office...or what any suggestions....if clarification is need will due...
2007-12-11 08:44:07 · 18 answers · asked by CHRISP 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
she went to her old unit because she turned hersel in to the local police in connecticut cause thats where shes from then they waitd for military personel to pick her up and they took her to FT> Hamilton, NY....Then the provist marshall from there gave her orders to return to her old unit.
2007-12-11 10:21:42 · update #1
What do you expect?
I have no sympathy for ANYONE who goes AWOL. I think they should all get locked up minimum 5 years in fedral.
I dont blame them for not wanting to help. Shows up to a unit for one month then leaves? I wouldnt help her either. Tell her to go to JAG and pray she only gets Dishonorable Discharge.
2007-12-11 08:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by imthevoiceofgod 5 · 9⤊ 0⤋
lol
1 month at her duty station, right after basic training? And then gone for 14 months?
Sounds to me like they've already forgotten about her. She's free. I have heard similar things from friends. AWOL'd, found out they're struggling in life again so they try to return to duty and recruiter has no record of them ever joining.
I would imagine going through JAG would get her more in trouble. If the unit is going to get in trouble for "not helping" (not helping with what exactly? She's AWOL for over 30 days, she's a deserter. During a time of war as well = harsher punishment) then that means your friends will need to be legally dealt with as well.
2007-12-11 08:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by anonymousryu 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Who did she turn herself in to? If not the military or if she went back to her old unit she probably should check in with the Provost Marshal, Military Police at the gate or the civilian police...the civilian police might tell to go back to a base and do one of the first two though. As a last resort she can turn herself in to the local FBI office. She will probably get a less then honorable discharge and then sent home; probably no brig time and she will not collect back pay either (some one asked a while ago).
2007-12-11 08:57:55 · answer #3 · answered by GunnyC 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
hmm... The FBI will be tracking his cellphone usage and his debit card. Everyone in the army has a debit card. Between the two of those, he wont last long. If he does last beyond that, he wont be able to get an ID, house, or anything else that can be tracked. As for his friends, they need not worry. Its not like he escaped from prison. Why did he go AWOL? That is a better question. Be carefull. He might off himself.
2016-05-23 02:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your "friend" was not "AWOL" for 14 months. Your "friend" was a "deserter" for 14 months.
At BEST: she will return to her old unit, her service time will be recalculated based upon the fact she was gone for 14 months, and she will not be promoted again. At the end of her adjusted tour they will give her a general discharge and that is the end of it. I seriously doubt they will do this.
MORE LIKELY: She will return to her old unit, they will give her an Article 15 for something minor like missing formation and boot her out for the good of the service. She will again be given a general discharge.
POSSIBLE: She will return to her old unit, be given an Article 15 for desertion and given a dishonorable discharge and kicked out.
AT WORST: If her unit was ready to deploy just as she disappeared, she caused a hole in the unit. That could have caused problems during the deployment as NO ONE WAS THERE TO FILL THE SLOT. She will be given a court martial, reduced in rank to E1, given some stockade time, fined and given a dishonorable discharge. This will also count as a felony conviction on her criminal record.
It all depends upon the impact her DESERTION caused her unit. I doubt they are going to just yell, "Get out of my face."
2007-12-11 10:46:58 · answer #5 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did she expect a slap on the wrists, to get sent to the brig and then to be let up when her contract was up? I think not. Sorry hun, I don't have any respect for anyone that goes AWOL, its not that bad.
Of course she is going to have to go back to her old unit, that is where they are going to give her, her punishment even if it is a courtmartial, or just an NJP.
Tell her to suck it up go back and get it over with. It won't be that bad, hopefully they won't give her a dishonorable discharge and she can still get a job in civilian life.
2007-12-11 13:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
She should be shot for deserting during time of war. You ask what she can do? She can suck up whatever pride she may have left after hiding in the bushes for the last 14 months and try to serve the remainder of her contract honorably. I doubt she even knows the definition of horon though. She's probably one of those useless people who joined the military thinking it would be a free ride. Well news flash. It's not a free ride, and she will learn that when they send her to prison..after she completes her contract..that'll be classic! lol
2007-12-11 11:02:41 · answer #7 · answered by crazylifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She can go to the MP station on her post, turn herself in and then get cuffed/go to jail.
Why in the world do you expect them to help on this? After 14 months, she's off their books. Her unit doesn't want her for obvious reasons.
2007-12-11 09:01:51 · answer #8 · answered by sss 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If the unit told her to take off than she should go back to the PMO and speak to the OIC or better yet go to the BN CSM and tell them who told you to take off.
It is the units responsibility to prosecute / Chapter her.
She deserted but she came back to face the music and like it or not she is her old unit's problem.
2007-12-11 12:17:16 · answer #9 · answered by MP US Army 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She didn't go AWOL, she deserted. There's not much she can do, other than turn herself into the police. She's not the unit's problem anymore, as she was removed from its roster on the 31st day.
2007-12-11 08:52:05 · answer #10 · answered by DOOM 7 · 11⤊ 0⤋