(11-04-2014, 05:35 PM)Fordo Swagkins Said: I didn't say they threw checkers, I'm saying a Domestic carries a wide variety of charges. But, going AWOL during peacetime or war time is still running away, and breaking an oath taken multiple times. Leaving during basic is one thing, but the sign up, go through basic, A-school, and then run away is a huge disgrace. Maybe I see it a lot worse because I was raised by a drill sergeant, and never really escaped the military life.

Yeah... no. If you can look at Domestic Violence in different lights according to the situation, you have to apply the same to every type of criminal act including going AWOL (peacetime vs. during combat - as mentioned above). I prefer the blanket rule for things like this though, so nobody gets into a slippery slope of saying things like there being varying degrees of rape and all that heinous shit (not saying anybody did here!) Domestic Violence is not OK. Ever. Even throwing checkers at your wife's face is not OK. That's breaking an oath too.