by Wayne Finegar | Jan 23, 2025 | Conflation with Patriotism, Conscientious Objection, Holding the Line, Military, Military Shakeup, News, News from the HomeFront
The efforts to reshape the leadership of the Department of Defense and the military in the image of the new president continues even as the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense waits for the Senate to vote on it. On the 21st, it was announced that...
by Wayne Finegar | Jan 15, 2025 | Conscientious Objection, Holding the Line, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, War and Use of Military Force
by Chuck Fager, Quaker House Board Member As Pete Hegseth moves through his Senate confirmation hearing process to become the Secretary of Defense, my mind is full of questions. And the top query in the stack is, obviously: Why does Hegseth despise—or is it hate—...
by Steve Woolford | May 9, 2023 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Military, News from the HomeFront, Uncategorized
The story is a familiar one: A Marine had been suffering from anxiety and depression, and no one was helping him. When his condition continued to decline, he left training without permission (called unauthorized absence in the Marine Corps). Two months later he called...
by Steve Woolford | Nov 29, 2022 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Military, Our History and Work, Uncategorized
Edited Transcript of a Portion of the GI Rights Hotline Counselors’ Report 10/29/2022 We help people with different situations where their rights are not being protected, and a lot of times those rights are even spelled out in a regulation. But commanders don’t...
by Steve Woolford | Nov 23, 2022 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, Military, Our History and Work, Uncategorized
Edited Transcript of a Portion of the GI Rights Hotline Counselors’ Report 10/29/2022 We are currently working with conscientious objectors at various stages of the application process. One Marine I have been working with was recently approved for discharge at every...
by Steve Woolford | Nov 9, 2022 | Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline, News, News from the HomeFront
Times change, and with it, military regulations. For example, the addition of the Space Force to the armed forces required an overhaul of all the Air Force regulations, which now refer to “members” rather than “airmen,” in order to include the “guardians” of the Space...