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New AWOL policy comes after macabre summer called attention to missing soldiers
“They [will now] only become AWOL after a thorough investigation," the Army chief of staff said.
By Kyle Rempfer
Latest "absent without leave" stories
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AWOL paratrooper caught overseas after six years at large
The 35-year-old was found guilty by a military judge of desertion, as well as producing and viewing child pornography.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghan pilot training ends after almost half went AWOL in America
A program to train Afghan attack pilots has been ended after the airmen kept going absent without leave, or AWOL, while training in the United States.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghan military trainees in the US keep going AWOL
As of February, nine of more than 150 Afghan trainees who went AWOL across the U.S. are still unaccounted for, DoD officials say.
By Kyle Rempfer