SisterofAWOL
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?NY
As looking through this site i see quite a few posts about AWOL soldiers - but I am lost at what to do in my situation and was wondering if I can get some feedback. I will give all the info i have (it is my brothers situation so i do not know all).
My younger brother (he was 19 at the time) went into Marine bootcamp. He finished (graduated?) from bootcamp in Oct 2003 in NC. After bootcamp he went into training and there he injured his back. It was not a bad injury but he was left in the hospital not able to come home but not able to continue training. after 2 or so months in the hospital he got fed up, left and came home. This is where my story is going to get foggy - because apparently my brother lied to me & my family. He told us he went back and worked something out to get discharged with some community service. Us being totally naiive to military goin-ons believed him. Apparently this never happened because last week 2 detectives came into my home and arrested my brother saying he deserted the marines during wartime and he can face 25 yrs in prison. They said he was due to turn himself in to the marines 2/2/04 and he was given a yr, never returned, so they retrieved him. Last ne & my family were able to find out he was taken from our local police precint to the local army base where the marines retrieved him & brought him to Camp Legune in NC.
My family has no idea what is going on what we should do, Should we get him a lawyer? How serious is this offense? Can he really be facing 25 years in military jail? Is there anything at all we can do to help him???
I appreciate any and all help you can give me. Thank you
As looking through this site i see quite a few posts about AWOL soldiers - but I am lost at what to do in my situation and was wondering if I can get some feedback. I will give all the info i have (it is my brothers situation so i do not know all).
My younger brother (he was 19 at the time) went into Marine bootcamp. He finished (graduated?) from bootcamp in Oct 2003 in NC. After bootcamp he went into training and there he injured his back. It was not a bad injury but he was left in the hospital not able to come home but not able to continue training. after 2 or so months in the hospital he got fed up, left and came home. This is where my story is going to get foggy - because apparently my brother lied to me & my family. He told us he went back and worked something out to get discharged with some community service. Us being totally naiive to military goin-ons believed him. Apparently this never happened because last week 2 detectives came into my home and arrested my brother saying he deserted the marines during wartime and he can face 25 yrs in prison. They said he was due to turn himself in to the marines 2/2/04 and he was given a yr, never returned, so they retrieved him. Last ne & my family were able to find out he was taken from our local police precint to the local army base where the marines retrieved him & brought him to Camp Legune in NC.
My family has no idea what is going on what we should do, Should we get him a lawyer? How serious is this offense? Can he really be facing 25 years in military jail? Is there anything at all we can do to help him???
I appreciate any and all help you can give me. Thank you