Matthis Chiroux joined the Army straight out of high school and served in Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, and the Philippines. He worked his way through the ranks from private to sergeant before being honorably discharged. He is currently a student at Brooklyn College in New York.

Blog Entries by Matthis Chiroux

Refusing to Redeploy: My Story

Posted April 24, 2009 | 02:06 PM (EST)


On Monday, I scored a small but significant victory for the peace movement, for troops and civilians all over the world, and for myself: I faced the military for my refusal to deploy to Iraq and walked away a free man with a general discharge from the Army's Individual Ready...

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