Army’s Clock Must Now Start Ticking Faster when a Soldier Goes Missing

Army’s clock must now start ticking faster when a soldier goes missing

A new U.S. Army directive orders commanders to act within hours — not days — when a soldier goes missing, giving them three hours to classify a service member as “absent-unknown” and eight hours to notify the soldier’s family once the absence is discovered.The change, issued by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll last week, compresses what sometimes can be a slow, inconsistent process for tracking soldiers with unknown whereabouts and involves law enfor…

If a soldier goes missing, the Army must now notify family within 8 hours

Army officials must act with more urgency to alert law enforcement and family members of “missing” soldiers under a new policy.