PFC in the U.S. Army, age 25. Ryan joined the Army in May of 2005, looking towards a college education. After deploying to South Korea as a part of the 35th Signal Brigade, Ryan returned to the U.S. where in 2007, Ryan determined for himself that he could not in good conscience participate in war…
…and attempted to gain an administrative discharge. When that failed Ryan went AWOL in December of 2007. He was charged and sentenced to 100 days stockade time on May 29th, 2008 and was given a bad conduct discharge.
“Courage to Resist is a model for what support of resistance can and should be, and of the ways that collective and individual actions can reinforce each other…”
