In October 2006, Army Specialist Melanie McPherson went AWOL rather than deploy to Iraq as a Military Policeman, a job for which she had not been trained. In February 2007 she was convicted of desertion, sentenced to 3 months in prison, reduced in rank and given a bad conduct discharge. “I love my country. I was hoping to use my God-given talent, not just be a bullet catcher.”
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“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…”
– Edward Hasbrouck, Selective Service & Draft Resistance Activist
