What happens if you get CONUS leave approved, but you go OCONUS and get caught?

Ok. Interesting question. The address on the leave form is where you "should" be when on leave. However. If you go somewhere else, well....no one can stop you. I mean...you're on leave. Here is what you should do. If you plan on heading overseas while on leave, then you best update your NCOs/Chain of Command before you even leave the country. That way they know where you're at in case they need to get in touch with you. Me personally, if you were my troop, I would tell you to have fun (depending on the country/countries visited) as long as you kept me up to date as to where you were and how to reach you. If you get in trouble with your current unit...I can't even even begin to guess how they could/would burn you.

By the phrasing of your question....did you run into someone from your unit while OCONUS?

Depends on the chain of command really.

If this is an official policy written down somewhere, then it is violation of a lawful order.

I was never asked where I was going in the Navy, and as far as I know it was 100% okay to go OCONUS, if you had the proper travel documents and as long as you came home on time, there was not a problem. If now your flight was canceled and you did not allot say a week for travel home and were stuck in Greece, shit could get hairy then.

LOL!
During my Nov 1996 Basic we had 2 guys who kind of did, but had to problems on "in transit & holiday."
1 said he married, his new wife still in Cuba (where he was from). He told The Drill Sargeants he: "married her by fax." They chose not to worry; That's going be on him when he adds her as a Dependent. Like they say: "Not my problem!"
The other guy went to visit his Wife & 6 children living in Italy. They gathered when we had a wall locker inspection & they asked him about the Italian coins. Again, no harm no foul, "no problem."

when you go on leave you dont have to stay at whatever address your leave form says. You can go wherever you want while on leave long as you are still able to be contacted. I got my leave approved not too long ago for christmas and new years but im not staying at home the whole time even though it says im going home. Just show back up on the date you have to come back lol

Don't, just don't do it.

Why even ask? You're probably going to get nonjudicial punishment at the least. There is a reason for that question on a leave form. It has to do with security and making sure you have the proper information available to you if you are leaving the country. Not to mention knowing where you are and where you are going.

There are rules, policies, and regulations in place for a reason. As I’m reading some of the comments it just amazes me how people are saying you can go wherever you want it’s your leave. News flash!!! There are regulatory guidance for CONUS and OCONUS leave!! We are all in the Military, we know the are policies in place for our own safety!! The moment we start telling Soldiers to do what they want to do versus following regulatory guidance is the moment we fail our Soldiers.

If you knew you were going OCONUS you should have talked to your NCO to find out if their is a policy in place in your organization which lay out the proper procedures for OCONUS leave. You can’t use the excuse you didn’t know because I’m sure you have access to google so you could have googled OCONUS leave and found the correct regulation that governs leaves and passes.....

The moment you put an address on your form and you knew you were not going to that location, you lied...period. If you can’t be honest about something that simple then explain to me how your command suppose to believe in you when it’s something major.

You coming on here asking this question means you already knew you did the wrong thing. Word of advice...if you intend on making a career in the Military, exercise integrity at all times not just when people are with you.

Good luck to you....

Unless a troop is hell bent on destroying their future so very early on he/she should keep the amount of poor decisions to a minimum. Asking what a punishment is before violating regulations, policies and directives is a recipe for an early discharge.

If you haven't already done this someone should be calling your unit and have your leave cancelled before you get in real trouble.

Not enough info so best to ask your Chain Of Command. Plus I am not sure but are you AD or NG or some thing? Usually the admin section for AD has a limit list on places you can and can't travel to not to mention I think you have to have a passport for most OCONUS.

Something I needed to add your address of where you are going on leave is a two fold thing like if you fail to return that gives people a place to start looking to find you, just as important is if the COC needs to contact you about something really important family member issue they can do so. Last but not if you need called back because of a attack on America they know where you are so they can estimate your reasonable travel time back to duty station. Or a ton of other things just does not make sense go somewhere not reasonably close to the address on your DA Form-31. I checked your profile and I can guess what is going on this is not a good idea. Tell your Chain of Command where your going and get the right address on your paper work. What it appears you are doing will be considered AWOL and is punishable under UCMJ.