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This from Global News:
The story's based on stats obtained here (JAG annual reports) and here (2 page PDF, material obtained from DND via ATIP).The number of Canadian soldiers charged for going absent without leave peaked alongside Canadian deaths in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008 and have dropped since the withdrawal in mid-2011, military records show.
At the same time, more soldiers are opting for a tougher but fairer disciplinary system than summary trials that had become the norm.
The statistics are taken from published data and more recent numbers obtained by Global News under access-to-information laws.
That trend holds true even if you compare it to the military’s regular force headcount, which has held steady even after troops left Afghanistan ....