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04-19-2009, 06:03 PM
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Green Bay Army reservist who initially refused to return to his unit in Iraq because he considered the war immoral has received his punishment.
An Army official said Kristoffer Walker was demoted from specialist to private, fined and placed on temporary confinement at a Missouri base.
The 28-year-old Walker was returned to the U.S. for medical reasons Thursday. He is on 45-day base restriction at Fort Leonard Wood and had his pay cut in half for two months.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks said there would be no further punitive action.
Walker was on two weeks leave in January when he failed to show up for the flight to return and said he would not go back because of his objections to the war. He reconsidered later and made arrangements to rejoin his unit.
Article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_awol_soldier_041709/
An Army official said Kristoffer Walker was demoted from specialist to private, fined and placed on temporary confinement at a Missouri base.
The 28-year-old Walker was returned to the U.S. for medical reasons Thursday. He is on 45-day base restriction at Fort Leonard Wood and had his pay cut in half for two months.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks said there would be no further punitive action.
Walker was on two weeks leave in January when he failed to show up for the flight to return and said he would not go back because of his objections to the war. He reconsidered later and made arrangements to rejoin his unit.
Article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_awol_soldier_041709/