Marine Deserter AWOL again......Follow

Why is this so hard to believe? Civilians charged with crimes get out on bail all the time. Is it so hard to belive that the military would allow one of it's members to go home for the holidays? He wasn't convicted yet.

Of course, now his dumb as[i][/i]s is in even deeper trouble. I'll be interested in the outcome of this, and whether they can piece together what actually happened. And you can bet that once they catch him he won't be going anywhere till they're done with him.

Yeah but he is accused of desertion during a time of war. in other words he left his unit fighting in a combat zone without authorization. Which is a very serious charge. He is facing alot of time in the brig and even death. What did they expect to happen if they let him go on leave back home? Did they really have any expectation that he would return? Here's the relevent article of the UCMJ


885. ART. 85. DESERTION
(a) Any member of the armed forces who--
(1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
(2) quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
(3) without being regularly separated from one of the armed forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another on of the armed forces without fully disclosing the fact that he has not been regularly separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when authorized by the United States; is guilty of desertion.
(b) Any commissioned officer of the armed forces who, after tender of his resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.
(c) Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct

Heh. he's prolly some homosexual polygamist's sixth wife. Utah is full of 'em.

Totem

Was this the same douchhole that was "kidnapped and executed" then later turned up in Jordan?
I say they execute him for real this time.

Dude I am a Marine and I can tell you that his Commanding Officer is going to have to answer for this big time. Leave is routinely denied for far far less **** than this. Hell if your training for the year isnt up to date leave can be denied. Leave is a priviledge and not a right in the military.

And while the military used to be relatively forgiving (back until about the mid to end of the 90's) that isnt the case very often anymore. Dont know when you got out but you can back me up on this Totem. Certainly not when the charge is desertion during a time of war. I am surprised that he isnt in pretrial confinement. At a minimum I would think he would be pretty much confined to the Barracks and have to be escorted anywhere he wanted to go.

OK, I will bite...I have had a bad day!

I hope the orders were shoot first, ask questions later. It's time to be done with this *******!

I am in the Marines also and I am in Iraq right now. Not to sure if this made the news but this *** wipe was deffinatly ******* They found his uniforms in Falujai (spelling?) and they were in realitivly good condition. Also they said they found maps and other intelligence, but nothing was expanded on that. It was on AFN. I also cant believe he was allowed leave. A Marine in my company went disserter in the first part of the war in 03 and was immidiatly locked in the brig when was found crossing the border into Mexico.

excuse me, but of ALL the crimes that might render you a FLIGHT RISK, deserting seems pretty high on the list. Just sayin' :p

Look I have spent 15 years in the USMC and leave IS a priviledge. Though you accrue 2.5 days of leave a month the opportunity to take that leave is a priviledge. The service is not obligated to give him leave or even regular liberty for that matter. I cant count the # of days of leave that I have lost due to the inablity to use them. (you can only carry 60 days over the fiscal year) The fact of the matter is e should have been in the brig. Someone ie his CO screwed up royally and his/her career is probably over.

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You're kidding right? You have obviously spent no time in the military. Desertion during a time of war is one of the worst things you can do while in the military. It's punishable by death for crying out loud. This isnt just some job you just walk away from like in the civilian world. Uncle Sam really frowns on **** like that. He dishonored his Unit and the USMC believe me they want their pound of flesh.

Edited, Thu Jan 6 10:49:05 2005 by DamthebiTch

whoops.

hit the damn post msg by accident.

Edited, Thu Jan 6 16:00:09 2005 by DamthebiTch

Heh.. I'm not the first to mention this but Shadowrelm is the liberal Varrus.

It's like Bizarro-World!