[TopQuark]

AWOL is not that big of an infraction. You can be AWOL just by being late to formation one morning.

You and I know that that was not what happened. And being absent for days is no small infraction.

[Britton J Wingfield]

AWOL from the barracks in peacetime. *yawn*

[Centurion2000]

. Schwarzenegger climbed over a wall and attended a body building competition without permission from his superiors. He was imprisoned for seven days in a military stockade.

Actually it doesn't seem like he was gone for days. Think about it. They mention he was AWOL but give no duration (probably about 1 day for a competition). The article does mention imprisonment for 7 days though.

Was it right ? No, absolutely not. Was it treason .... nope.