{"id":38038,"date":"2018-07-17T19:59:02","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/17\/missing-hawaii-corpsman-returns-to-his-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:28:45","slug":"missing-hawaii-corpsman-returns-to-his-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/07\/17\/missing-hawaii-corpsman-returns-to-his-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Hawaii corpsman returns to his unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A missing Hawaii-based corpsman voluntarily returned to his unit on Sunday with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, at the Marine base at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii<\/a>, according to Marine Corps officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Corps had filed a missing persons report for Seaman Shaun Palmer after the corpsman failed to report for duty on July 1. The following day, the Corps marked Palmer as an unauthorized absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young sailor is safe, but could be facing punitive measures for his absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cActions taken as a result of Seaman Palmer’s absence are administrative in nature and therefore an internal matter.\u201d Capt. Eric Abrams, a Marine spokesman, told Marine Corps Times in an emailed statement. \u201cIn general, command leadership looks at these types of situations on a case-by-case basis with so many different variables.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t