Specialist Alexis Hutchinson's plan for care of her son, Kamani, while she was to be deployed to Afghanistan fell through. Stephen Morton for The New York TimesArmy Discharging Single Mom Who Refused Deployment -- Washington Post/AP
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A single-mom soldier who says she refused to deploy to Afghanistan because she had no family able to care for her young son will be discharged from the military instead of facing a court-martial, the Army said Thursday.
Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, was arrested in November after skipping her unit's deployment flight. Hutchinson, 21, said she couldn't leave her son because her mother had backed out of plans to keep the child a few days before the soldier's scheduled departure.
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More News On Spc. Alexis Hutchinson
Single Mother Is Spared Court-Martial -- New York Times
Soldier agrees to leave Army after refusing deployment over child care issue -- Stars And Stripes
Single mom discharged, Army says -- CNN
Army discharges single mom who wouldn't deploy -- San Francisco Chronicle
Army mom from Oakland avoids trial, prison time -- Mercury News
Army discharges mom for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan -- American Chronicle
My comment: She is very lucky. On compassionate grounds she is being released .... but she should have known better when she enlisted.
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