Went AWOL after seven months in the Army, in part to protest his Army recruiter hitting on his mother, and promised investigations never happening. The recruiter was promoted. "Ask yourself how far would you go for something you believe in... I made a mistake [by joining the Army], but what makes a person a man is that when they makes a mistake, it's what they do about it.... I believe these soldiers are fighting over there, and their dying but don't know what they are dying for."

Courage to Resist audio interview with Nathen Burden. November 11, 2007