Travis Bishop

David Travis Bishop is a member of the U.S. Army who is currently incarcerated for his refusal to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. His stated reason for refusing to deploy was based on his religious faith, in that he came to believe that killing in war “was not what Jesus had in mind.”
Bishop is a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, and was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International on August 24, 2009.
Court-martial
Pvt. Bishop was court-martialed on August 12, 2009. Bishop was found guilty of all charges, and sentenced to one year in prison, a rank reduction from Sergeant to Private, forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay for one year and a bad conduct discharge. Fort Hood commanding general Robert W. Cone granted a 3 month reduction in sentence to Pvt. Bishop on February 4, 2010.
Bishop was incarcerated at the Northwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility (NWJRCF) at Fort Lewis, Washington. He was released on March 25, 2010.

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