Talk:Leave (military)
Latest comment: 11 years ago by Georgejdorner in topic AWOL is not necessarily desertion
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AWOL is not necessarily desertion
editIn U.S. military usage, the term Absent Without Leave is used for a service member's initial defection from duty. Only after 30 or more days gone is the AWOL trooper classified as a deserter. Or at least, so it was when I sometimes served as a makeshift legal clerk.