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  • Some soldiers trying to get out of Army (Barg Bags Not Included)

    01/02/2006 7:18:31 PM PST · by writer33 · 95 replies · 1,555+ views
    Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | 12/31/2005 | Martha Mendoza
    Kevin Benderman spends his days sitting in a plastic chair in the stockade at Fort Lewis, Wash., completing a 15-month sentence for "missing movement" with his unit. Jeremy Hinzman is raising his baby boy in Toronto, awaiting a court date when he hopes the Canadian government will grant him political asylum. Aidan Delgado is back in school, studying religion at the New College of Florida and practicing Buddhism. All three are among a small but growing number of soldiers who have become disillusioned with the war in Iraq and are trying to get out of their required service. Increasing numbers...