"...................Abdo went AWOL on July 4. On the eve of his first deployment to Afghanistan -- after only one year in the Army -- Abdo applied for conscientious objector status. It was denied by his superiors at Ft. Campbell but later overturned by the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Army review board................"
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/28...#ixzz1TPqo0eGi
Read the whole article but the above takes the cake. This ain't an Army of draftees. But the ADSofA said "sure no problem".
Wonder if he was Amish?