corruptfable
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? = Kentucky
Just have a couple of questions (not unlike a lot of other AWOL soldiers here) that I'm hoping to get some answers to, as well as opinions about my situation that has developed since last year as of August, 2007.
I was an 11B in the US Army that enlisted in August of 2006 and decided to terminate my own contract by going AWOL in August of 2007 from my duty station in Ft. Wainwright, Alaska due to family issues/mental instabilites. Basically I feel that half a year is ample enough time to be DFR'd and finally turn myself in at Ft. Knox to get the military behind me once and for all, but after reading a lot of posts here in this forum I'm not so sure.
In December of last year I called the GI Rights hotline to get valid information on how I should proceed with doing this the right way, and from them I recieved the Deserter Hotline number of (502) 626-3711...but when this number was called a very rude individual said they no longer give out DFR information. Now I have another number of
(502) 626-3712 that I'm about to call shortly...unless someone can save me the trouble and tell me whether it's worth my time or not. I am fully aware that turning myself in without being DFR'd quite literally means that they will send me back to my unit, even if it's in cold Alaska...but a gentleman at the GI Rights hotline said this wouldn't occur since Ft. Wainwright is not in the continental US. Anybody know if this is accurate information?
In two weeks I plan to have a close friend drive me to Knox in order to turn myself over to the proper authorities, but I don't feel safe in doing it without exactly knowing if I'm dropped from my unit's roles...last thing I want is to go back to Wainwright, for obvious reasons. Anybody got some advice? I'm aware of what I need to do...just would like some opinions and some answers before I do it. If the Hotline doesn't give me what I want, is there another way to gather the nessecary information? And one more just to save me from shifting through all the posts again to find the answer, when I go to Knox should I just have my friend drop me off right outside the gate and then approach the MP's and tell them I'm there to turn myself in? Just want to know the exact know-how's.
Any information is appreciated, and thank you for the time.
Just have a couple of questions (not unlike a lot of other AWOL soldiers here) that I'm hoping to get some answers to, as well as opinions about my situation that has developed since last year as of August, 2007.
I was an 11B in the US Army that enlisted in August of 2006 and decided to terminate my own contract by going AWOL in August of 2007 from my duty station in Ft. Wainwright, Alaska due to family issues/mental instabilites. Basically I feel that half a year is ample enough time to be DFR'd and finally turn myself in at Ft. Knox to get the military behind me once and for all, but after reading a lot of posts here in this forum I'm not so sure.
In December of last year I called the GI Rights hotline to get valid information on how I should proceed with doing this the right way, and from them I recieved the Deserter Hotline number of (502) 626-3711...but when this number was called a very rude individual said they no longer give out DFR information. Now I have another number of
(502) 626-3712 that I'm about to call shortly...unless someone can save me the trouble and tell me whether it's worth my time or not. I am fully aware that turning myself in without being DFR'd quite literally means that they will send me back to my unit, even if it's in cold Alaska...but a gentleman at the GI Rights hotline said this wouldn't occur since Ft. Wainwright is not in the continental US. Anybody know if this is accurate information?
In two weeks I plan to have a close friend drive me to Knox in order to turn myself over to the proper authorities, but I don't feel safe in doing it without exactly knowing if I'm dropped from my unit's roles...last thing I want is to go back to Wainwright, for obvious reasons. Anybody got some advice? I'm aware of what I need to do...just would like some opinions and some answers before I do it. If the Hotline doesn't give me what I want, is there another way to gather the nessecary information? And one more just to save me from shifting through all the posts again to find the answer, when I go to Knox should I just have my friend drop me off right outside the gate and then approach the MP's and tell them I'm there to turn myself in? Just want to know the exact know-how's.
Any information is appreciated, and thank you for the time.