Posted on 10/01/2022 7:18:37 PM PDT by Angelino97
I’m retired Navy. I would have sworn there was a time limit, but it is actually intent:
(a)Any member of the armed forces who—
(1)without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
(2)quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
(3)without being regularly separated from one of the armed forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without fully disclosing the fact that he has not been regularly separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when authorized by the United States;
is guilty of desertion.
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