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...
by Wayne Finegar | Jun 15, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, Our History and Work
by Lenore Yarger, Quaker House Counselor to the GI Rights Hotline When John (not his real name) joined the Marine Corps over two years ago, his recruiters made it clear that he should not disclose a prior history of psychological counseling and medication. He made...
by Wayne Finegar | Jun 15, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, Military, News, News from the HomeFront, Peace, War and Use of Military Force
by Steve Woolford, Quaker House Counselor to the GI Rights Hotline When the Russian invasion of Ukraine was imminent, I was saddened to think about all the people that would be harmed in the conflict. I remembered a conscientious objector from the US Army I worked...
by Wayne Finegar | Jun 10, 2022 | GI Rights Hotline, News, Our History and Work, Peace, Religion, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 63 Friends from across the nation joined together online to share their experiences of acting on their personal witness of the Peace Testimony of Friends. Wayne Finegar of Quaker House discussed the history and work of Quaker House and how...
