Author: CTR

Colonel Ann Wright (Ret.) served 29 years in the Army/Army Reserve and 16 years in the U.S. Foreign Service. She resigned from the U.S. Foreign Service on March 19, 2003 in protest over the Bush administration’s decision to go to war.

Suzanne Swift, a specialist with the 54th Military Police Co. based at Fort Lewis, Wash., said three sergeants began propositioning her for sex shortly after she arrived in Iraq in February 2004.

Also, the paper cited a Department of Veterans Affairs study that found nearly three out of four military women who said they had been assaulted did not tell their commanding officer.

The decision by the church comes after 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis Army officer, announced that he won’t go to Iraq although he could face two years in prison for failing to deploy.

A statement from the church on Wednesday said that service members “who are unable to deploy to combat areas for reasons of conscience” can find protection behind its doors.

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