Reply #18: NY Times reports 28 going AWOL after leave

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/22/national/22AWOL.html

Army Reports Some Absences From a Trial Leave Program

Pentagon officials disclosed on Tuesday that 28 soldiers who were granted a 15-day leave from the war in Iraq as part of an experimental program had not reported back to duty.

More than 2,300 soldiers in the program have returned without problems. But at least one stated that he was tired of combat and was not returning to Iraq, Army officials said. Several others skipped their flights, apparently without contacting superiors