What happens if you fail to show up for military deployment?

Question

Not me. I guy I hate and want to go away did that. Just wondering if it's worth reporting him.

Answer 1

OMG quit being a p**sy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

jail and discharge maybe

Answer 3

All of the answers given are good one's. The best answer is that this question never entered your mind. You should serve and be proud to!

Do what you stated in your oath during your enlistment.

Answer 4

not good

Answer 5

That's illegal. You can be arrested for that.

Answer 6

Well let's see... your fellow military members in your unit will kick your a** when they get the chance. You will be considered UA or AWOL. If your unit actually deploys without you you can wave buh bye to your future.

Answer 7

Your AWOL, you go to jail and screwed over your life

Answer 8

You will be AWOL (absent without leave), arrested and subject to a military court martial.

Answer 9

depends on why you don't show. did you suddenly get stabbed in the stomach the night before? was your leg amputated by a wild run away tiger minutes before arrival? or perhaps you had your eyes gouged out? I mean those seem to be the only logical reasons for you to not show and to get you off the hook

Answer 10

If you are in the Army you will be AWOL and you will get and article 15 then you will be put in jail and then you will have to pay all the money they have payed you back because you were in breech of contract...And any time you apply for a job this will haunt you... So my advice is if it is you that is thinking about this or your friend don't do it ....

Answer 11

even if you do nothing, their in serious trouble. at the least they will be considered a w o l or absent without official leave. depending on what branch of service their in the mp's or shore patrol or air police will be around looking for him shortly. their unit is going to a war zone they could try to get him for desertion. you can take joy in the fact that he's probally ruined his life for some time to come.

Answer 12

it's called "missing movement" Article 87 of the UCMJ.

In the navy it usually is a captain's mastable offense with up to 60 restriction, 60 days extra duty, and 1/2 a months pay garnished for two months.

With any captains mast though...they like to throw in extra charges..so if it was because you were just UA to appointed time and place, then they throw in Art. 86 as well (UA/AWOL)..and then Art 92 as well (Disobeying a Lawful Order). If there is Alcohol involved as well it takes the whole thing up a notch. They throw on the catch all article (134) and then the whole thing becomes an alcohol related incident which you only get two in you whole career if your lucky...but it does give the captain the right to kick you out on the spot.

Once you miss movement by the way..you have to check in to the next higher command....then you will not miss the deployment, they will find a way to get you to the ship as fast as possible. Sometimes making you pay your own way by commercial air to meet the ship somewhere (at another port..this is rare because you would have to know definitively where the ship was going to be)

In Addition,

Captain's Mast, or Commanding Officers Inquisition...is a type of "Non- Judicial" punishment.  this is covered under article 15 of the UCMJ, and is very different form Court Martial. however...if you have good reason to have missed movement, and you have proof and or witnesses to the events that led to your missing movement, you can request trial by courts martial to present your evidence and be cleared fo the charges. But know that with NJP there is a limit to what the CO can do to you. With Court Martial...it could go even to jail time. Restriction is bad, but it beats the h**l out of going to the brig. I did some time TAD to a security detachment onboard the USS Essex, Being the "non-Master at Arms", my only real responsibility was to muster the restriction personnel and make sure they did their extra duties for the day. I also got the occasional brig watch.

In restriction you have to muster a lot and you can't leave the ship, but it's business as usual from there..between muster times you are left to do your normal daily routine...but in the brig every minute of you day is accounted for and when you aren't pulling c**p duties for divisions you need an extra hand, your sitting on the edge of your provided rack trying not to fall asleep.