Comments on: Lest We Forget… Christmas 1776 http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/12/22/lest-we-forget%e2%80%a6-christmas-1776/ Guardians of the Republic Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:17:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Roger http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/12/22/lest-we-forget%e2%80%a6-christmas-1776/comment-page-1/#comment-6367 Roger Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:26:47 +0000 http://oathkeepers.org/oath/?p=2974#comment-6367 Share39 Watada Discharged Saturday 26 September 2009 by: Gregg K. Kakesako | The Honolulu Star-Bulletin Lt. Ehren Watada was the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war. (Photo: PD-USGov-Military) The Army grants the officer's resignation under "other than honorable conditions." First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war, has won his three-year legal battle with the Army. With little fanfare the Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., accepted the resignation of the 1996 Kalani High School graduate, and he will be discharged the first week in October. Rather than seek a second court-martial against the artillery officer, the Army will grant Watada a discharge under "other than honorable conditions Share39 Watada Discharged
Saturday 26 September 2009

by: Gregg K. Kakesako | The Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Lt. Ehren Watada was the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war. (Photo: PD-USGov-Military)
The Army grants the officer’s resignation under “other than honorable conditions.”

First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq because he believed it was an illegal war, has won his three-year legal battle with the Army.

With little fanfare the Army at Fort Lewis, Wash., accepted the resignation of the 1996 Kalani High School graduate, and he will be discharged the first week in October.

Rather than seek a second court-martial against the artillery officer, the Army will grant Watada a discharge under “other than honorable conditions

]]> By: Don Golden http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/12/22/lest-we-forget%e2%80%a6-christmas-1776/comment-page-1/#comment-6266 Don Golden Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:22:27 +0000 http://oathkeepers.org/oath/?p=2974#comment-6266 Like Gen. George Washington I had been thinking the game is pretty near up. Then.... I heard about Oath Keepers!!!! Don Golden, Oath Keeper Dayton, Nv. Like Gen. George Washington I had been thinking the game is pretty near up. Then…. I heard about Oath Keepers!!!!

Don Golden, Oath Keeper
Dayton, Nv.

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