First woman soldier to resist.Fort Benning, Georgia On November 17, SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. Katherine Jashinski of the Texas Army National Guard The Texas National Guard comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. became the first woman in the military to make a public declaration of her resistance to the Iraq War. She enlisted three years ago, and in 2004 she requested conscientious objector status. The Army has denied her request for CO status, but she is appealing that decision. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , she has refused deployment to Iraq and she expects to be court-martialed. For more information, contact CodePink (www.codepinkalert.org) or Iraq Veterans Against the War Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) is an advocacy group comprised of active duty military and Iraq War veterans who are opposed to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The organization advocates immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq, reparations for the destruction and (ivaw.net) or www.couragetoresist.org. |
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