Article: Deputy nabs the second of three AWOL brothers; Girlfriend says Leif Kamunen was going to turn himself in but didn't get the chance. The three decided to skip military independently; whereabouts of the third remain unclear.(NEWS)

Article: Fed: Army unlikely to be looking for AWOL soldiers: ADA
AAP General News (Australia);  August 16, 2005 ;     345 words ......Australia) 08-16-2005 Fed: Army unlikely to be looking for AWOL soldiers: ADA CANBERRA, Aug 16 AAP - An army investigation unit is...or anything like that. The army in fact hasn't hunted down AWOL soldiers in a big way for decades." But it was a rare occurrence for...

Article: Military prison ex-commander, guards facing trial for abuse
Jerusalem Post;  December 4, 1995 ;     431 words ......examined. Goldbroom also divulged information on the current military jail system capacity and on AWOL soldiers. "There are 1,800 AWOL soldiers, 80 percent of whom are reservists and 20% regular soldiers. In the Tzrifin prison base (which includes...

Article: Thieves hold up loan business
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......adapters and two hand controllers. Desertion warrant JOLIET -- Police nabbed an alleged...into the county jail on a U.S. Navy desertion warrant. Simmons was riding in a car pulled...Jefferson shortly after 3 a.m. The desertion warrant was issued Nov. 7, 1999, police said...

Article: We'd rather die than go back, say Awol soldiers.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 23, 2009 ;     164 words ...TWO Awol soldiers who fled their base amid beasting allegations last night declared: We'd rather die than go back. Privates Andrew Jones, of Aberdare...

Article: AWOL guardsmen back at post
The Boston Globe;  February 9, 1991 ;     335 words ......soldiers are good soldiers," Edwards said. "A handful of AWOL soldiers does not reflect on anyone but themselves. The training for...and Whipple said that each case will be decided on its own. AWOL soldiers can face imprisonment. Guardsmen who had returned were back...

Article: AWOL Brothers
AP Images;  November 4, 2003 ;     80 words ......Leif Kamunen in Carlton on Friday, Luke, was spotted during a traffic stop in the spring of 2007 and arrested on a desertion warrant. The whereabouts of the third brother, Leo, are unknown. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)

Article: IDF to give AWOL soldiers their just deserts
Jerusalem Post;  August 26, 2003 ;     245 words ...00-00-0000 Headline: IDF to give AWOL soldiers their just deserts Byline: ARIEH O'SULLIVAN Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 03 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 -- They came in pairs...

Article: Deal fails for AWOL soldier GI lived in Canada 18 months, might face court-martial.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 1, 2006 ;     511 words ......Military Project since 1968, said his organization has worked with AWOL soldiers regularly. Another organization, the American Friends Service Committee, also works with AWOL soldiers, and it estimates its 120 counselors across the country will...

Article: THE INDEPENDENT RECOMMENDS: The Film
The Independent - London;  March 14, 2000 ;     44 words ...Three Kings (15) A very funny and clever Gulf War movie in the great tradition of farcical war stories. George Clooney, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze star as the AWOL soldiers who go after Saddam's gold behind enemy lines. Lucky Clooney: he's in a good film at last. On general release

Article: Feds: Joliet teen threatens suicide over Napster fight
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......adapters and two hand controllers. Desertion warrant JOLIET -- Police nabbed an alleged...into the county jail on a U.S. Navy desertion warrant. Simmons was riding in a car pulled...Jefferson shortly after 3 a.m. The desertion warrant was issued Nov. 7, 1999, police said...

Article: Army Reservist is charged with desertion; A Minnesotan would rather go to prison than go to Iraq as a possible MP, a role for which she says she wasn't trained.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ......War in Washington, which operates a national hot line for AWOL soldiers, said many soldiers in Iraq have jobs for which they have...said that the hot line gets about 20,000 calls a year from AWOL soldiers and that lack of training is one reason morale is low. Staff...

Article: AWOL SOLDIERS RETURN, BOOST IRAQI FORCES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 17, 2006 ;     608 words ......includes the recent operation that returned nearly 1,600 AWOL soldiers back to Camp Habbaniyah. "This is a very professional division...Iraqi battalions operated at 50 percent manpower prior to the AWOL soldiers' return, said Zientek. According to projections from Multi-Nation...

Article: `Five Soldiers Flee Every Day'.
Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  October 28, 2000 ;     90 words ......greatest in 1995 with 2,283, followed by 2,023 in 1997 and 1,986 in 1998. Economic difficulty was one of the main causes of AWOL soldiers, with 55 out of the 292 Air Force cases resulting from soldiers' debt problems, according to the report of the military.

Article: The lost regiment... 500 scots go awol.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Defence chiefs have blamed family problems for most of the AWOL soldiers, some who have been on the run since the Iraq invasion in...and given a second chance. In one of the latest cases of AWOL soldiers, the Scots Guard, an Iraqi war veteran who was discharged...