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Originally Posted by abc_123
There will be no punishment, as that simply delays the process of getting her gone, which is what the unit probably wants anyway (oh, and her CIF Issue). Hopefully she was nice enough to leave all her gear in her locker. Or maybe the unit can get her to stop by the armory to turn it all in and sign some paperwork (which makes it easier and quicker then having to send certified mail and wait for the response that will never come). Maybe if they think they have to, they'll offer her a day's pay to incentivise her.
She'll get her General discharge and everyone will be happy.
Win Win.
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I'm not even sure she'll suffer the adverse effects of a "general" discharge. remember, the States operate under their own UCMJ. As a Guard member, she falls under the State. This is VERY common. Troops just walk away and never come back. A LOT of officers do this as well. In my last job we were responsible for the training of all the Reserve and Guard units throughout the Country (First Army). When the officers did this, the only thing we could do was to do a Withdrawal Of Federal Recognition (WOFR) packet on them. It just withdraws the ability of the officer to have any federal recognition of their State commission. The officers literally commit egregious criminal acts and so long as they are NOT on federal status at the time, there is NOTHING other than a WOFR the Army can do. Most often the States will do nothing as the troop will be prosecuted by the state criminal laws.
I could literally write a book on sexual assaults committed by NG soldiers just prior to being federalized and deployed overseas, (usually at the MOB station). The command KNOWING about it and deploying them anyways; and then having the vicim start raising hell when nothing is done against the perp while they are all downrange.
In my opinion, the whole Guard being "deployable" issue is a farce. Not worth the $$$ we sink into them for the few missions they are able to do overseas.