by Wayne Finegar | Nov 18, 2018 | Before Joining, Conscientious Objection, GI Rights Hotline
Last week we received this email from Gary, one of the conscientious objectors we helped apply for discharge when he could no longer reconcile his Christian faith with being in the military. “One year ago I gave you a call. Today I got a call from my Company...
by Wayne Finegar | Aug 8, 2018 | Our History and Work
You could say that Quaker House underwent a kind of trial by fire in 1970, and Bill Carothers was one of the firefighters who stepped in to help. Specialist William Carothers, as he was officially known, was serving with the 612th Quartermaster Company at Fort Bragg...
by Wayne Finegar | Apr 25, 2018
The GI Rights Hotline takes calls from active-duty, reservist, and National Guard service members anywhere they are stationed in the world. Quaker House provides two counselors to the Hotline, answering over a third of all calls that come into the Network. Examples of...
by Wayne Finegar | Mar 19, 2018 | Moral Injury, PTSD
Last month, Oxford University Press’ Military Medicine published a study about military service members who seek medical services, including mental health services, outside of the military. With approximately 20 veteran and 1 active duty suicides per day, serious...
by Wayne Finegar | Dec 9, 2017 | Conscientious Objection
One of the most exciting areas of our work is helping conscientious objectors (CO) obtain discharge from the military. We do not go out and convince people to become conscientious objectors. By the time they contact us, most have already had a sincere change of...
