Military question: if a soldier reported missing or absent is found...? (read description)?

Question

If a soldier in any military force is reported missing or absent (I'll need to have the answers use the standards used by any branch of the United States armed forces and/or the British armed forces for the purposes of international recognition and that as an Australian citizen I don't think our designations would be too different to either of those two forces), sometimes they get reported MIA if they don't come back from an assignment and they know the person is not deceased, but if a soldier runs away from the base and does not come back he usually is recorded as AWOL. Now, what exactly happens if a previously missing soldier is reported as co-operating with the enemy? Obviously that's treason, but do such individuals get recorded as AWOL, or do they get accorded a separate designation regarding outright traitors?

Just research, I'm a bit of an amateur speculative fiction writer, sometimes setting a piece of fiction in the context of some sort of war, and I want to get my terminologies down pat.

Answer 1

They are still considered MIA or AWOL, or whatever the accountability code is. However, if they are suspected as working with the enemy, then their file is annotated as such, and if / when they return to military control, they will be investigated for any possible activity that runs counter to the UCMJ / Code of Honor.

Answer 2

MIA or missing in action means just that. Your plane went out, and did not come back. The others did not see you get hit or die. Your now MIA. If the Enemy captures you, your a POW. Troops who just walk off are AWOL ( away without leave). After 30-60 days, your a deserter and subject to criminal charges under military laws. Cooperating with the enemy is a whole other kettle of fish. That as you said is treasonous.

Answer 3

the militia tries to bare their strikes. it particularly is benefit for the enemy in the event that they do. i'm valuable they have positioned alot of attempt into looking him, yet they are not going to in effortless terms leak to the media what all they have carried out and run the risk of compromising greater troops. additionally, I extraordinarily doubt the different infantrymen in basic terms permit him pass with the Afghan's. The media loves to skew issues. make certain you're staring at each and all the components.