37 U.S.C. § 503 : US Code - Section 503: Absence without leave or over leave

Search 37 U.S.C. § 503 : US Code - Section 503: Absence without leave or over leave

(a) A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who is
absent without leave or over leave, forfeits all pay and allowances
for the period of that absence, unless it is excused as
unavoidable.
(b) A commissioned officer of the Regular Corps of the Public
Health Service, or an officer of the Reserve Corps of the Public
Health Service on active duty, who is absent without leave,
forfeits all pay and allowances for the period of that absence,
unless it is excused as unavoidable.