Federal · Title 10 — Armed Forces

10 U.S.C. § 886: Art. 86. Absence without leave

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fails to go to his appointed place of duty at the time prescribed; goes from that place; or absents himself or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty at which he is required to be at the time prescribed;

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