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People come and go on the weekends in military bases/towns. Once you get knocked off on a Friday afternoon many go home, many go on weekends away & others stay and go out. It isn't abnormal to not notice someone missing until the first roll call on a Monday morning.

The threat level has been severe since 2014

Depending on the context it means a number of different things. A hard PT session you would say "that was a beasting" A fight "give him a good beasting" A beasting in the context of what we're discussing are usually left for crows (new recruits), or soldiers who have messed up. Which could...

Pay is around £17,500 p/annum plus benefits. There are things like jump pay (for being a parachutist etc). I'm not sure what rank he was, or pay grade - if he had been in for a couple of years then anywhere around £19,000 p/annum would be likely. If he has been to Afghanistan as force protection...

I spent over 16yrs in the army (an infantry regiment). I've lost count of the amount of times me & my mates have drunk too much, bought too much food and fell asleep in doorways. I've ended up in different towns & not known how or why. It's part of army life - or used to be, it may well have...

*First post - delete or tell me to delete if I'm completely off track* Using this line of thought raises more questions than answers, imo. 1. If planning on going AWOL why do it from the busiest part of town with many cameras. 2. Why get drunk. 3. Why sit down and fall asleep. 4. Clothing...