We are a community of military members, Veterans and family members who oppose the Trump administration's authoritarian polices and organize for investment in our communities, not endless war and violence. Now is the time for courage.

About Face has been at the forefront of supporting and organizing military resisters for decades and we're clear this is a moment where it is a matter if when, not if, troops will be asked to carry out immoral, unjust or flat out illegal orders by this administration. It's already happening in many cases. Although military members already have both the right and duty to refuse illegal orders, in practice it requires troops to risk court-martial and even prison to do so. That is a massive barrier to doing the right thing and we believe in the so-called "land of the free", no one should be in a position where they are legally not allowed to say no to carrying out violence for the government.

The Right to Refuse campaign will call on Congress to codify the right of any service member to refuse participation in any operation they believe is unjust or immoral, and will call on governors to oppose the deployment of troops within their communities not just in words, but through action. And perhaps more importantly, our campaign will focus on building a revitalized military resistance movement powerful enough to shape the dialogue about the use of the military and shift our trajectory.