The arrest was the last resort," Christina Johnson, a Navy public affairs officer for the medical center, said. "You're going to want to try and work with the sailor to get them back because the consequences for desertion are serious. She was in contact with her command and the Navy's arm that would bring her back to duty. All efforts were made to get her back to work, but she chose to stay there."
The Navy considers any failure to return after 30 days to be desertion. Gnecco enlisted in 2014 and is on contract until 2019. Her father Armando Rodriguez is unsure of the reason why she didn’t return to work but assumes it revolves around her baby.
“The baby could be the reason, We could assume that having a baby might not go well with serving in the military,” he said. “I hope that she goes back up there and they have a hearing and she is released. There is no point in keeping her.”
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