With Army Pvt. Travis King back in the US after two months in North Korean custody, it’s unclear if he will face disciplinary actions for running across the demarcation line into North Korea.
Experts say it’s possible King could be charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice – possibly under Article 85 for desertion or Article 86 for going Absent Without Leave, or AWOL. But it’s unclear if the Army will take that step. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Tuesday that any punishment King could face would come from his chain of command after he completes the reintegration process at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
In this case, she said, that likely isn’t necessary. “Do we really think there are a lot of soldiers who are going to sprint across to North Korea … 99.99% of soldiers don’t need to be deterred from doing this,” she said. Army may want to avoid a full trial Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps colonel and senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the Army will likely “just want to get rid of him” and not go through the efforts of a full trial.
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