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Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL / ˈ eɪ w ɒ l /), which are temporary forms of absence.
A 2024 picture of USASA Field Station Augsburg the six military analysts deserted from in 1990. Michael Hueckstaedt, Kris Perlock, William Setterberg, Vance Davis, Kenneth G. Beason, and Annette Eccleston were declared absent without leave from their base at Augsburg on July 9, 1990, in what was then West Germany.
In military forces, leave is a permission to be away from one's unit, either for a specified or unspecified period of time. The term AWOL, standing for absent without leave, is a term for desertion used in the armed forces of many English-speaking countries. Various militaries have specific rules that regulate leaves.
A witness said Honigford “was reported Absent Without Leave but permitted to remain in the Ohio Army National Guard until his Expiration Term of Service date on March 14, 2022.” Matthew Honigford.
Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, the spokesperson for the ruling military council, was quoted Tuesday in state media as saying that about 1,000 soldiers who deserted, or went absent without leave or had ...
She enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2001 following her high school graduation, completing a Ranger course and then serving in Afghanistan until 2003 when she left the military. [2] [3] She went absent without leave from the Army when her transgender identity was revealed, moving to Alaska due to non-acceptance of her identity by her family. [4]
A U.S. Forces Korea spokesperson stated that King "willfully and without authorization crossed the Military Demarcation Line into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)," [30] and on July 20, 2023, the United States Department of Defense declared King to be absent without leave (AWOL). [28] [31]
When Hnezdilov went absent without leave, he went public with demands for a clear time frame for ending military service. He says he is ready to fight but not without a plan for demobilisation. He ...