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Rena Guay

Rena Guay, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Center for Conscience

Author's Articles

Hell No, We Won’t Stay: Military Reservist Resistance Grows

By Marti Hiken & Kathleen Gilberd “My husband wants out,” says Martha. “That’s all there is to it. If they won’t let him out, he’ll go AWOL.” This is a common complaint...

The Individual Ready Reserves: A Primer

By Teresa Panepinto Part I The Individual Ready Reserves (IRR) play an increasingly important role in the military’s total force strength, as the military has faced a personnel shortfall as a...

The Presidio Mutiny

by Randy Rowland The San Francisco newspaper merely reported that a prisoner at the Presidio Stockade had been shot and killed by a guard. It was Friday, October 11th, 1968. Knowing that I would most...

Discharge upgrades and discharge review

Discharge Upgrades Discharge Upgrades Memo – (Memo by Tom Turcotte with outline written by MLTF co-chair Kathleen Gilberd) SF 180 – Request Pertaining to Military...

IRR Activations

By Marti Hiken Co-chair NLG Military Law Task Force Are you in the IRR and received your marching orders for Iraq? IRR members have been called to active duty throughout the country. The marching...

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Conscientious Objection Digest

By Rai Sue Sussman Conscientious Objection Outline General definition of CO exemption/discharge 10 A.L.R. Fed. 15 (1972-2004) on Discharge from the Armed Forces on Ground of Conscientious...