Army discharge for deserter
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TOKYO: A US soldier who deserted to North Korea four decades ago was yesterday given 30 days confinement and a dishonourable discharge, after confessing he had been scared and wanted to leave the army.
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan : Charles Jenkins was dishonorably discharged from the US army Wednesday 39 years after he deserted to North Korea, tearfully telling a tribunal he was a young man scared of war and was kept in the enemy state through fear and beatings.
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A Marine charged with desertion who claimed he was abducted by anti-coalition forces in Iraq failed to return from a scheduled leave and was again declared a deserter Wednesday.
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Free for the first time in nearly four decades, U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins sobbed with joy as he was released from a military jail on Saturday after serving 25 days for abandoning his squadron and crossing the border into North Korea in 1965.
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A veteran of the first Persian Gulf War is suing the Army after it ordered him to report for duty 13 years after he was honorably discharged from active duty and eight years after he left the reserves.
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan -- US Army deserter Charles Jenkins was released from military jail today after serving 25 days for abandoning his squadron in 1965 and defecting to North Korea, where he lived for nearly four decades.
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From active duty, 1946; from National Guard, 1963. Rank at Discharge -- From active duty, 2nd lieutenant; from National Guard, captain.
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A military panel has recommended a general discharge for an Iraq war veteran who wore his uniform during a war protest and later responded with an obscenity to a superior who told him he might have violated military rules.
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Desertion is a crime like few others. Along with mutiny, it hits at the heart of military service, violating a fundamental code of honor.
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TOKYO - A man charged with deserting his US Army unit 39 years ago and allegedly defecting to North Korea, is expected to surrender to US military authorities in Japan on Saturday.
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A Muslim chaplain imprisoned for 76 days as part of an espionage investigation by the government has received an honorable discharge from the Army.
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ACCUSED US Army deserter Charles Jenkins has said he will surrender to the American military and face charges outstanding since he vanished from his unit in South Korea nearly 40 years ago.
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SADO ISLAND, Japan  - A former U.S. army sergeant  who deserted to North Korea in the 1960s arrived on a remote  Japanese island Tuesday to start what he said was the "last  chapter" of his life with his wife and two daughters.
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US Army Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins yesterday gave himself up at an American army base in Japan. Picture:AP. US Army Sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins gave himself up a US base in Japan
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Monday no decision had been made on whether to discipline Army reservists who refused a supply mission last week, despite statements from their relatives that the soldiers would be discharged...
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Description: Eight soldiers have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Army is illegally keeping them enlisted. The Army says a provision in their agreement called &quot;stop-loss&quot; obligates them to serve past their agreed-upon contracts.
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Camp Zama - An American soldier who vanished from his army unit in 1965 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to deserting the military and fleeing to North Korea to avoid dangerous duty on the Korean peninsula and Vietnam.