Trevor Glick

To whom this may concern,

I was one of the few sailors to serve with Daniel during boot camp and during corp school where we both underwent some hard times and some good times. Since my separation from the Navy I can attest to Daniel's change. He has been without a doubt one of the most straightforward and professional people I have served with and we are still friends today.

His change is not an unlikely change as most people that see the horrors of war can tell you that it is a travesty and it is horrific. The acts that are especially undertaken at GTMO can be a symbol of our barbaric deeds of the United States. Locking people away for years with no word to friends or family. How can this be morally sound with any human being?

While serving with Daniel he was one of the men who took initiative and wanted responsibility and if he did not ask for it, it certainly was thrust upon him. He is a good man and the fact that he has come to this conclusion of being a Conscientious Objector is not one that I could say I did not see coming. It really does take the acts of barbarians to turn people into barbarians and the fact that he is willing to not undertake the U.S's stance on enemies is one that is true to his character. Though they may be "enemies" in the U.S.A's eyes they are still people and deserve the right to be treated as such.

This is not a man to be broken and change for the sake of the country. He is one that will stand up for what he believes in and I can tell you that his beliefs are not to harm other humans. The simple truth that he is a corpsman can attest to that. We joined corps school to be an aid to those in need. Not to keep those imprisoned and confined and never to be heard of.

He truly is a genuine person with real ideals, and not those that were fed to him, but his own ideals that he knows to be naturally true. To keep this man in the navy serving as a denier of liberty is like taking the very air you breathe from your lungs. Who are we to keep people like this. No evidence, no trial, no justice. The military seriously needs to rethink its goals. Take the fat cats out of power who think they are doing the right thing. The right thing now is to grant this man his freedom from the clutches of tyranny and confinement. He would know better then any of us the horrors of war and what it means to truly believe in the justice and liberty of all humans. I salute you Daniel as a friend and supporter.

~Trevor Glick