Return of military personnel after AWOL simplified
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have simplified the return of military personnel after unauthorized abandonment of a military unit (AWOL)—appointment documents are now submitted directly from the military unit to the General Staff, the press service of the General Staff reported.
"The General Staff of the AFU has simplified the return of military personnel after unauthorized abandonment of a military unit. The Commander-in-Chief has eliminated intermediate links in document processing, including the army corps, operational command, branch, etc. Appointment documents are now submitted directly from the military unit to the General Staff of the AFU," the press service said in a Telegram post on Thursday.
It is noted that these steps are intended to speed up the appointment of military personnel to positions, make their transfer process more transparent, and eliminate manipulations by certain officials regarding the obstruction of such transfers. It is emphasized that the introduced appointment (transfer) mechanism does not change the conditions for returning to service after AWOL. "At the same time, the implemented changes are aimed at reducing these cases, as the new mechanism offers a more democratic approach to the issue of transferring to a chosen military unit," the General Staff noted.
"Letters of recommendation, which are now becoming purely electronic, should not be a way to transfer from a combat brigade performing tasks on an active sector of the front to a military unit with more comfortable service conditions," the General Staff emphasized.
In addition, the General Staff of the AFU is taking measures to reduce paperwork regarding the processing of materials (orders, instructions) for the movement of military personnel in order to reduce the time for making personnel decisions.
