206. A Conscientious Objector Updates His Story

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🗓️ 2 May 2016

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In today’s episode, host Marc Clair welcomes James Newcomb back to the show to update us on his attempt to get out of his U.S. Army service as a conscientious objector. James first shared his story with us back in episode 92. In that show, he described how his passion for playing the trumpet eventually led to serving in the U.S. army as a trumpeter, and how his shifting beliefs eventually led him to seek his release as a conscientious objector. Today James gives us an update on just how he was eventually able to get out of the Army - and let’s just say it didn’t go according to plan! James describes the difficulty he had going through the process, the obstacles that were [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.8	£8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply. I broke the law. I went
0:32.0	AWOL. Welcome to the Lions of Liberty Podcast.
0:39.2	Here's your host, your guy, your shining beacon of liberty, Mark Clare.
0:47.4	Welcome back, my little Liberty Lizards, to the Lions of Liberty podcast, your home for great
0:52.5	conversations about the ideas of liberty.
0:54.8	This is episode number 206, which means you can find today's show notes featuring links to
1:00.4	everything we discuss over at lionsofliberty.com slash 206.
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1:21.8	All right, guys, my guest today is making his return to this program after coming on the show
1:26.8	a little over a year ago
1:28.1	to describe his situation at the time as a conscientious objector attempting to end his military
1:33.6	service as a musician. He is now returning to this program as a civilian. He is also the host of a
1:39.5	podcast, the trumpet dynamic show, and the soon to be returning outside the music box, he is Mr. James Newcomb.
1:46.5	James, welcome back.
1:47.8	It's my pleasure, Mark.
1:49.5	Well, great to have you here, James.
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