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CCW Brief on Commission’s Final Report
Just as the world began to shut down, the Commission on Military, National, and Public Service released its final report, with 49 detailed recommendations to Congress, and a companion bill, HR 6415, which was introduced last month. Many of the Commission's...
CCW Statement to the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service
"The Center is opposed to all forms of conscription."
Air Force Conscientious Objector Jay Sutton Interview
Video: Jay Sutton left the military recently as a Conscientious Objector. Interviewed by Kyle Gott.
Objecting to War: The Human Conscience vs. the US Military
Conscientious objection wages an active challenge to war, one soldier at a time. By Maria Santelli, CCW Executive Director.
We can end Selective Service (Draft) Registration now!
We can End Selective Service (Draft) Registration now! CCW has been monitoring the discussion about extending the draft and draft registration to women ever since the military opened up all combat positions to women. The most significant movement has been in...
Marines Implement New Standards for Conscientious Objectors
By Bill Galvin. First published in On Watch by the Military Law Task Force (nlgmltf.org) In a new version of Marine Corps Order (MCO) 1306.16, issued in June of this year, the Department of the Navy, Marine Corps Headquarters, heightened the evidentiary standard a...
Moral Injury in Drone Pilots
Former drone pilot Brandon Bryant is haunted by the deaths he played a part in.
The Value of Conscientious Objection
Every CO application that is filed by a service member in the US military compels a conversation about the morality of war to take place within the military chain of command.
Wartime Killing May Raise Veterans’ Thoughts of Suicide
The experience of killing in war is strongly linked with suicidal thoughts, according to a study of U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War. Impact of deadly combat on mental health receives too little attention, study indicates.
