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Ehren Watada
Ehren K. Watada (born 1978) is a former First Lieutenant of the United States Army, best known as the first commissioned officer in the US armed forces to refuse to deploy to Iraq, in June, 2006.〔(Soldier's Iraq war stance backed: Watada has right to refuse to go, retired officer says ), ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', June 20, 2006.〕 Watada refused to deploy for his unit's assigned rotation to Operation Iraqi Freedom,〔(Initial video statement of Lt. Ehren Watada ) June 6, 2006〕〔(Army lieutenant who won’t go to Iraq issues recorded statement )〕 saying he believed the war to be illegal and that, under the doctrine of command responsibility, it would make him party to war crimes. At the time, he was assigned to duty with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, as a Fire Support Officer. He was brought before a court-martial in 2007 which ended in a mistrial, and was discharged in 2009.
== Background and early service ==
Watada was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Robert Watada and Carolyn Ho. His father served for 10 years as executive director of Hawaii's Campaign Spending Commission and himself refused to serve in the Vietnam War.〔(International Day of Action to Support First Lt. Ehren Watada )〕 Ehren Watada attended Punahou School, then transferred in his sophomore year to Kalani High School, where he played cornerback on the varsity football team. An Eagle Scout, Watada graduated from Hawaii Pacific University magna cum laude in 2003 with a B.A. in Finance.〔(Officer at Fort Lewis calls Iraq war illegal, refuses order to go )〕〔(Instead of Iraq, a battle all his own )〕
Watada joined the Army after the war in Iraq had begun, stating that he was motivated "out of a desire to protect our country" after the September 11 attacks. He was commissioned by the Army's Officer Candidate School, on November 20, 2003, at Fort Benning, Georgia as a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery—one month after Security Council Resolution 1511 authorized a multinational force in Iraq.〔(Security Council Resolution 1511 ), October 16, 2003.〕 Watada served one year in South Korea, and was subsequently reassigned to Fort Lewis, Washington.〔(Officer faces court-martial for refusing to deploy ), ''The New York Times'', July 23, 2006.〕
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