Talk:DUSTWUN

Article could be improved
I am sorry but the source cited in the article says it much more succinctly and should be considered almost word for word. DUSTWUN: is a transitory casualty status"  only in that the commander initially suspects that the absence is involuntary, no more, no less. Thus the temporary nature allows this very non-specific term.  Approximately 20 days maximum gives the commander time to determine more about the voluntary or not etc. and gather any information to determine more. If DUSTWUN is changed to the 'Missing' status then a 'category' is added.   Most of the category menu include Missing/Interned,  Missing/Besieged, Missing/ Missing in Action, and even the duplicate: Missing/Missing, and Missing Beleaguered.  Finally there is Missing/Captured.  If one is listed Missing/Captured then, by operation of Geneva Convention, that is called  Prisoner of War. As the second source states casualty officers of DUSTWUN soldiers are to explain that the Next of Kin that the soldier is considered #1 DUSTWUN and  Missing, or #2 DUSTWUN and likely Missing in Action (not that it is better known as MIA) So far ALL of our known captured American soldiers in Iraq (with an exception of possibly two) have gone from the temporary DUSTWUN straight to Missing/Captured. I find it interesting to note that there is no link in Wikipedia for the Casualty status and category Missing/Captured given its unique international legal status connections. No article title matches No page with that title exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MOOTWpw (talk • contribs) 23:11, 14 May 2009 (UTC)