Filipino farmers are looking for help from the actress Angelina Jolie to call attention to the thousands of rural people who have been displaced by military operations. The Farmers’ Movement of the
They say they are up against communist rebels that have been fighting for a maoist-led state for the past 39 years. The Moro Islam Liberation Front says that for the past two decades they have been trying to self-rule the southern
Soldiers deserting the Army has increased by 80 percent since the
A deserter is considered somebody that has been absent without leave for more than 30 days. The soldier would be discharged as a deserter. In total, 4698 soldiers deserted this year and 3301 deserted last year. Over 75 percent of the deserters are males in their first term of enlistment.
It is believed that the increase is due to many soldiers serving repeated and lengthy tours in
There are four ways that a soldier can leave the Army before their enlistment contract is up. They can leave if they are considered unable to meet physical fitness requirements, if they are not able to adapt to the military, they say they are gay and are required to leave under the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, or if they desert by going AWOL.
