In the current situation if someone is scheduled to be deployed for a war/invasion/occupancy (whatever), they're screwed because they enlisted. If they resist, legal action is brought against them.
I'm assuming you've never been in the military. When you enlist, you volunteer knowing and expecting you could be deployed. It is your duty to comply and if you don't want to be deployed because you object to the idealism of that conflict, you're a pacificist, etc., you deserve to be court martialed and separated from the service.
I fail to understand why people get in the military and then protest when they are deployed. Why would you get any job and then complain to your boss and/or company when you're asked to do what you're trained to do? Makes no sense to me.
That being said, there are always ways to get out of the military. The easiest and fastest way to get out is to simply start smoking pot. The next piss test will detect it and you'll be out so fast your head will spin. And it does NOT mean an automatic Dishonorable Discharge. I was the Battery Commander of 4 different Artillery units in the US Army and not one of the many separations that I processed as a Commander was dishonorable. ***Before anyone tries to start a debate on drug use and it's merits, as a Commander I had NO option and there was not an appeals process. My hands were tied, my only option was to separate the individual from the Army and find someone to replace him. I did have to separate some guys that I knew and liked very well and I hated to see them go, but again, my hands were tied.
I tried very hard to get a Dishonorable Discharge for one dirtbag who had been nothing but a pain in the ass and I had personally given several Article 15's for being AWOL, late for formation, and general trouble making. He did not deserve an Honorable Discharge. I spoke to our Battalion Personnel Officer and Battalion Commander about getting a Dishonorable for this guy and they told me there was no way to do it unless he had committed the equivalent of a felony.
The best I could do was give him a General Discharge under Honorable conditions. Hopefully someone in that guy's future will ask him why he didn't get an Honorable Discharge.
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