Posted on 02/26/2005 10:57:55 AM PST by Chickenhawk Warmonger
FORT STEWART, Ga. -- An Army hearing officer has recommended a court-martial for a soldier charged with desertion after he refused to deploy to Iraq. In a Feb. 16 report, Lt. Col. Linda Taylor recommended that Sgt. Kevin Benderman face a general court-martial, the most serious type. The procedure requires approval from Fort Stewart's general court-martial convening authority. Benderman, 40, said he became opposed to war after serving in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. If convicted, he would face as many as seven years in prison, reduction in rank to private and a dishonorable discharge.
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Hopefully, by then this piece of trash will be in Ft. Leavenworth.
LOL Like the screen name, and congrats on winning the Sean contest!
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