Robin Long was deported from Canada and is serving time at the air base. He is separated from his ailing Canadian partner and their child.

By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2009

Reporting from San Diego -- Antiwar activists have taken up the cause of an Army deserter who was deported from Canada and is now being held at the brig at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

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Robin Long is one of 28 U.S. military service members who refused to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan that wrote an open letter of solidarity to Israeli youth who are refusing induction into the military following high school graduation.

By Robin Long, imprisoned Iraq War resister. January 7, 2009

To Shministim,

Hello, my name is Robin Long. I am serving out a 15 month sentence in the brig for refusing to participate in the on-going occupation of Iraq. I have been very vocal over the past few years against human injustices. I have been contacted by and met many others that are doing the same.

By Robin Long, prisoner of conscience. November 6, 2008

Dear President-elect Obama,

My name is Robin Long. I am currently serving a 15-month sentence at a Naval brig in California. I am locked up for refusing to participate in the invasion of the sovereign nation of Iraq, a military action I felt was wrong and an action condemned by most of the international community.

It was illegal and immoral.

My sentence also includes dishonorable discharge. I was no doubt made an example, because not only did I refuse to deploy by going AWOL but I spoke out. I spoke out about the atrocities that are going on over there and also the extensive web of lies the Bush administration told us and Congress, to go over there. I did all of this very openly while AWOL in Canada, where I was making a life for myself.

Robin Long. September 21, 2008 [Update: Robin was released July 9, 2009]

I am locked up at The Naval Consolidated Brig at Miramar, just North of San Diego. It’s quite a change from Nelson, British Columbia, where I have called home. I feel as if I have been torn away from my home, family and friends!

I feel as if I was a pawn, a gift from one regime to another (Harper to Bush).

By Courage to Resist. Updated September 16, 2008

Robin Long was transferred to Miramar Naval Brig, San Diego, California for the remainder of his imprisonment. Please send letters to Robin c/o Courage to Resist (he must add you to his "approved mail list" prior to receiving correspondence directly from you). Robin will likely be released June 2009. To donate to Robin's phone card and book fund, please click here.

By Courage to Resist. August 22, 2008

Robin Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada into U.S. military custody last month, was sentenced today to 15 months of confinement and dishonorable discharge, receiving credit for 40 days of time served. He will spend 2-3 weeks in a county jail outside of Fort Carson, Colorado before being transferred to a Army stockade.

Long’s supporters, who flooded the Fort Carson, Colorado courtroom where the court martial was held and held a vigil in his honor, expressed dismay at the harsh verdict. “It sets a very chilling precedent that someone who is brought back gets the book thrown at them,” said Ann Wright, a retired U.S. Army Colonel who publicly resigned in opposition to the invasion of Iraq and served as a witness at Long’s trial. “I hope the Canadian government recognizes that.”

Courage to Resist. July 15, 2008

Today Army PFC Robin Long became the first U.S. war resister since the Vietnam War forced to leave Canada and turned over to the U.S. military. While dozens of supporters gathered this morning at Peace Arch Park on the Canadian-U.S. border, Robin was already being transported to Fort Carson, Colorado. He is expected to be immediately placed in pre-trial confinement and eventually court martialed for AWOL, desertion, and possibly other violations of military discipline.

Courage to Resist has made civilian legal representation available to Robin and will be doing everything possible to provide him our full support. We plan to collaborate with many other groups in our efforts to help Robin in the coming weeks. Refusing to fight in an illegal war is not a crime—except under the Uniform Code of Military (In)Justice.