Fake Bake Sale at Oakland Recruiting Station for "Not Your Soldier" Day

At a press conference yesterday at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, Army National Guard SPC Katherine Jashinski read a statement that stated, in part:

For eighteen months, while my CO status was pending, I have honored my commitment to the Army and done everything that they asked of me. However, I was ordered to Ft. Benning last Sunday to complete weapons training in preparation to deploy for war.

Now I have come to the point where I am forced to choose between my legal obligation to the Army and my deepest moral values. I want to make it clear that I will not compromise my beliefs for any reason. I have a moral obligation not only to myself but to the world as a whole, and this is more important than any contract.