No Court Martial – Army boots single mom who refused to deploy
By Alexis Hutchinson, AP
The Army says it will discharge but not court-martial a single-mother soldier who did not deploy to Afghanistan because she has no family to care for her infant son.
Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, a 21-year-old Army cook from Oakland, was stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga. She missed her unit’s flight to Afghanistan in November and was arrested. The Army filed criminal charges last month, but a general at neighboring Fort Stewart decided instead to settle the case administratively. Hutchinson was given an other-than-honorable discharge, demoted to private and stripped of military and veterans benefits.
In a statement, Hutchinson said she was “excited to know what will happen to me, and that I am not facing jail. This means I can still be with my son, which is the most important thing.”—————–
Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, San Diego, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Stewart, Fort Gordon, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States.
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