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I served in the Navy back in 1990 at Great Lakes and there were kids then who tried to weasel out of their service because their recruiter reassured them that they wouldn't be going to Iraq (in the first Persian Gulf War).

Peoples always try to weasel out of their service during basic/boot training. An Army Chaplin friend of mine, said that they had each excuse numbered, because they all came up with the same/similar excuses. (i.e. daily schedule 10am counsel pvt jones excuse # 3, 11am pvt smith excuse #2, etc)

So I wouldn't put any great weight in their excuses. Especially being in the navy, its not like they would be getting shot at in the front lines (unless they're a med corpsmen or chaplin's assistant attached to a marine unit.)

Peoples always try to weasel out of their service during basic/boot training

This POS joined in 2003 well into the war in Iraq, he can't be that blind to what is going on in the world. If he really thought that the war was illegal, immoral or what ever the Army gives them the opportunity to walk away right up to the day of graduation from boot camp. Why didnt he walk then? This kid had an agenda from day 1 to get his 15 minutes of fame.