How Do You Fight An AWOL Charge?
An Absent Without Leave (AWOL) charge is a serious legal matter. The punishment for going AWOL can be severe. As a member of the military, if you have been absent from your assigned post for more than 30 days, you are subject to arrest. You must take immediate decisive action to fight an AWOL charge and will often need legal help to avoid serious consequences. Read on to learn more. Understand the severe consequences for having gone AWOL. There will be a federal arrest warrant out against you, and you are subject to arrest at any time, even at a routine traffic stop. Show that you were not, in fact, absent during the time the military alleges that you were absent. The AWOL charge against you can only hold if you were actually absent. You may be able to successfully fight the charge if there has been some confusion about your absence. Argue that your absence was authorized. Even if you were absent at the time the military alleges that you were, you may be able to prove that someone auth
