[NormsRevenge]

He has two rows of ribbons so he did something right in his first tour. ;-)

He sure screwed up here tho. A BCD is not what you want on your record. Offering to do mine duty was a nice touch tho.. but if they still use bayonets at all, how can he say he doesn't want to carry a weapon? (I know they have other gadgets for mine detection these days, but nothing like the old tried and true method to detect a mine.)

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This photo provided by the Adventist News Network shows U.S. Marine Cpl. Joel David Klimkewicz, right, with his wife, Tomomi of Birch Run, Mich., Dec. 14, 2004, at Camp Lejeune, N. C. Both are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Klimkewicz was court martialed for refusing to obey an order to get a weapon from an armory. He was sentenced to seven months in jail. Adventist church attorneys are seeking to get the sentence reduced. (AP Photo/Adventist News Network, Mitchell A. Tyner)

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the comments folks.

Adventists served in Vietnam as non-combatant medics. I don't know the requirements these days to serve in that capacity, but I don't believe the true Adventist non-combatant is seeking to duck exposure to danger. It would unrealistic to say that none did. A certain percentage of every group represented probably did.

The field medic in Vietnam wasn't exactly a cush position.

I view this guy's stance to be misguided. I don't think he's doing it to go the easy route. This could haunt him for a long time. Seven months in the brig isn't going to be a breeze.