is the first commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq.
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| - is the first commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq.
- Ehren K. Watada (born 1978) is a former First Lieutenant of the United States Army, best known as the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq, in June, 2006. Watada refused to deploy for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom, saying he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At the time, he was assigned to duty with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Fire Support Officer. He was brought before a court-martial in 2007 which ended in a mistrial, and was discharged in 2009.
- Lt. Ehren Watada is an Army Leiutenant who refused to deply to Iraq, calling the Iraq War an illegal war. He faces a court martial and potentially six years in military prison.
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| - is the first commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq.
- Ehren K. Watada (born 1978) is a former First Lieutenant of the United States Army, best known as the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq, in June, 2006. Watada refused to deploy for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom, saying he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At the time, he was assigned to duty with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Fire Support Officer. He was brought before a court-martial in 2007 which ended in a mistrial, and was discharged in 2009.
- Lt. Ehren Watada is an Army Leiutenant who refused to deply to Iraq, calling the Iraq War an illegal war. He faces a court martial and potentially six years in military prison.
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