Okla. Stat. tit. 44, § 44-885
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Desertion
Official statutory text
ARTICLE 85. Desertion.
A. Any member of the state military forces who:
1. Without authority goes or remains absent from his or her
unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away
therefrom permanently;
2. Quits his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with
intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
3. Without being regularly separated from one of the force
components of state military forces enlists or accepts an
appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without
fully disclosing the fact that he or she has not been regularly
separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when
authorized by the United States,
is guilty of desertion.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia Page 145
B. Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who,
after tender of his or her resignation and before notice of its
acceptance, quits his or her post or proper duties without leave and
with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of
desertion.
C. Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert
shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by
confinement of not more than ten (10) years or such other punishment
as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to
desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment as a court-
martial may direct.
A. Any member of the state military forces who:
1. Without authority goes or remains absent from his or her
unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away
therefrom permanently;
2. Quits his or her unit, organization, or place of duty with
intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
3. Without being regularly separated from one of the force
components of state military forces enlists or accepts an
appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without
fully disclosing the fact that he or she has not been regularly
separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when
authorized by the United States,
is guilty of desertion.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 44. Militia Page 145
B. Any commissioned officer of the state military forces who,
after tender of his or her resignation and before notice of its
acceptance, quits his or her post or proper duties without leave and
with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of
desertion.
C. Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert
shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by
confinement of not more than ten (10) years or such other punishment
as a court-martial may direct, but if the desertion or attempt to
desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment as a court-
martial may direct.
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