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In article <01bba9bf$dec63540$04cafea5@amtrend>, "Konstantin Zvagolsky"
<amtrend@dznet.com> wrote:

> I served in the US Marine Corps for about 5 months. I made through the boot
> camp
> at Parris Island and MCT just because they would give me the MOS that I
> wanted.
> But about 10 days ago I found out that I had an open contract, so I left.
> And I have no idea what is going to happen to me!
> Can anybody help??!!
> 
> Oleg
> E-mail:  amtrend@dznet.com

Welcome to planet earth! I'm 44 and STILL don't know what's going to
happen to me.
-- 
geoff beneze
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On 9/23/96 7:24PM, in message <01bba9bf$dec63540$04cafea5@amtrend>, "Konstantin 
Zvagolsky" <amtrend@dznet.com> wrote:

> I served in the US Marine Corps for about 5 months. I made through the boot
> camp
> at Parris Island and MCT just because they would give me the MOS that I
> wanted.
> But about 10 days ago I found out that I had an open contract, so I left.
> And I have no idea what is going to happen to me!
> Can anybody help??!!
> 
> Oleg
> E-mail:  amtrend@dznet.com
> 
> 
You are AWOL (Abscent Without Official Leave). After 29 days you will be 
considered to be a deserter. If this were a time of war and you were to miss a 
troop movement under the articles of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military 
Justice) you could be court martialed and shot. However, they have not shot a 
man for desertion since the end of WWII. You biggest threat is being 
imprisioned in the Federal Peneteniary at Fort Levenworth Kansas. (A thoroughly 
terrible place to do time.) If you return be fore you are considered a 
deserter, more than likely you will receive an Article 15-NJP (Non-judicial 
punishment). If the USMC did violate your contract you should be able to 
straighten out the problem. Running away is NOT the solution it will only 
complicate and worsen an already bad situation. Return to base on your own now. 
Do not let yourself get arrested. Good Luck.

Gene Conn, Esq.
(Former Corporal USMC) 

 
>  
> I served in the US Marine Corps for about 5 months. I made through the boot 
> camp 
> at Parris Island and MCT just because they would give me the MOS that I 
> wanted. 
> But about 10 days ago I found out that I had an open contract, so I left. 
> And I have no idea what is going to happen to me! 
> Can anybody help??!! 
>  
> Oleg 
> E-mail:  amtrend@dznet.com 
>  
>  
>  
I've been out of the service for about 20 years now, but I doubt that things have changed that   
much.  At the moment, you are AWOL.  This will subject you to disciplinary action which might   
range from Article 15 to a court martial.  If you do not return, you will eventually be   
classified as a deserter.  If that happens, you will almost certainly be looking at a court   
martial with probable dishonorable discharge and possible prison time resulting.  My advice is   
to contact a lawyer familiar with the UCMJ (many around military bases are, but make sure that   
he is and that he is authorized to practice in the military tribunals) and have him get in   
touch with the Corps to arrange your return.  Do this now.

 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Mike Schmieg    <schmieg@one.net> 

Don't look now.... but... over your shoulder is Big Brother... "YOU CAN RUN
BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE" Ronald Reagan, Pres. and Fearless leader...thats what
you have for the rest of your life.... Get in now.. save your ass before
its too late... The above replys to your article are right on point.... 
James J. Honohan, Lt. Col. (Ret)

Konstantin Zvagolsky <amtrend@dznet.com> wrote in article
<01bba9bf$dec63540$04cafea5@amtrend>...
> I served in the US Marine Corps for about 5 months. I made through the
boot
> camp
> at Parris Island and MCT just because they would give me the MOS that I
> wanted.
> But about 10 days ago I found out that I had an open contract, so I left.
> And I have no idea what is going to happen to me!
> Can anybody help??!!
> 
> Oleg
> E-mail:  amtrend@dznet.com
> 
> 
> 

Konstantin Zvagolsky wrote: 

> I served in the US Marine Corps for about 5 months. I made through the
boot
> camp
> at Parris Island and MCT just because they would give me the MOS that I
> wanted.
> But about 10 days ago I found out that I had an open contract, so I left.
> And I have no idea what is going to happen to me!
> Can anybody help??!!
> 

If this is for real...   I know a fellow who went through a very similar
circumstance.   I am a Marine vet, myself, and I drove him back to his base
after he was AWOL.  In most cases, very little will actually happen to a
person who leaves the military at such an early part of their enlistment. 
An administrative discharge is usually enacted within a month or two after
a wayward Marine returns.  I guess that if the Commanding Officer or
Sergeant Major wanted to, they could keep an AWOL Marine around for several
months to "mess" with them, but it is unlikely.  There are very few adverse
consequences for an administrative discharge in the civilian world.  You
could likely find it hard to work for the government again, but even that
is possible.  I imagine it would be far better than remaining AWOL and a
federal fugitive.  There will likely be no great manhunt, but it will catch
up with you eventually.  Turning yourself in would be the best thing to do.
	In the future, it might not be a bad idea to read carefully any contracts
placed before you.  Realtors, loan officers, and many other folks will tell
you that it is all right to sign without looking at any of that fine print,
but they will not have to pay the consequences for that signature.  Either
your recruiter took you for a ride, or you were quite naive.