SkyBlue1220
Junior Member
In Dec. 2000, my husband went AWOL. He was young, he was homesick, and he says he knew the military wasn't for him. In Feb. 2001, he tried to turn himself in to the US army reserve base, Ft. Hayes, and they found no record of him so would not take him. He then called the local police and asked if there was a warrant for him, but again nothing. Years go by and in 2003 his car catches on fire while driving and the local police come out, run a check on him, and again nothing. Also in 2003, he gets a job which runs a background check on him that comes up clean. In 2004, he is at a concert with friends who litter and campus PD checks them all, he is still clean. In 2005, we began dating and moved to Cali where he is pulled over for speeding in our car that still had Ohio plates, CHP runs a check and nothing. He goes to court for the speeding ticket and still nothing. In 2008, we are married. Later in 2008, we receive a letter from the IRS stating that he earned $4k from the army during 2006...impossible as we were both living and working in Cali the entire year and both work for the same company. In March 2010, our company runs an e-verify check against homeland security on our entire company and he comes back clean. August 2010, we move back to Ohio. Sept. 28th he is pulled over for having a headlight out and suddenly there is a Federal Warrant to detain him. So, after 24 hours in county jail, he is released with a bus ticket to Ft. Hood and goes...afterall he has tried to turn himself in before and has not been hiding. He wants it to be over...has always wanted it to be over. October 4, 2010, his 1st. Sgt. informs him that his personnel file was lost somewhere between his 1st. Sgt. in 2000 and the final point it should have reached to trigger a warrant in a timely manner. 1st. Sgt. goes on to tell him that they are really not sure when his warrant was even issued, but it was definately sometime after his original out date in 2004 and possibly as late as 2010. While I know he will/should be punished for AWOL, it is the extent of the punishment I am concerned about. Who he was then and who he is now are two entirely different people...then he was a naive child and now he is a mature man with obligations to me and our life together. I have been told he will probably be offered chapter 10, but the loss of his personnel file is holding things up. I have involved my senator who is initiating a congressional inquiry regarding the strange IRS reporting of income and the loss of his entire personnel file.
So here it is...I know how some on here will react which is what took me so long to post a question. But for those of you that are willing to help, do you have any advice? Is there anything you see here that could possibly speed things up? Without his income, my life is quickly becoming a financial disaster. Between the financial hardship and the terrible discharge he will receive should be sufficient punishment. And to be brutally honest...I miss him so much it makes my soul ache. He is my life, and besides being a dim-wit in 2000, he is a very good man-especially to me. Whatever he did then does not change the man his is now. Thank you for any clarity you can provide.
So here it is...I know how some on here will react which is what took me so long to post a question. But for those of you that are willing to help, do you have any advice? Is there anything you see here that could possibly speed things up? Without his income, my life is quickly becoming a financial disaster. Between the financial hardship and the terrible discharge he will receive should be sufficient punishment. And to be brutally honest...I miss him so much it makes my soul ache. He is my life, and besides being a dim-wit in 2000, he is a very good man-especially to me. Whatever he did then does not change the man his is now. Thank you for any clarity you can provide.
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