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Her CO status was denied in November 2003, but she was placed in the Inactive Ready Reserve and did not have to go to Iraq. She has spoken at Conscientious Objector and antiwar gatherings around the country.

He served a year as a medic in Iraq and received the Army Commendation Medal for exceedingly meritorious service while under fire.

I’m standing up for what I believe in,” he says. He became an antiwar activist, speaking out on campuses and communities and in the Michael Moore film “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

I started talking to soldiers that had already gone over there and come back, infantry men and tank drivers and stuff like that, and the stories that they were giving me were just – they were horrifying.

He was denied conscientious objector status. Since being discharged he has become a well-known anti-war activist and is currently a staff member on the GI Rights Hotline.

He has demonstrated with Iraq Veterans Against the War, has spoken against military recruiting in high schools, and blogs on the IVAW site.