http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/09/28/a1.swift.0928.p1.php?section=cityregionThe Army charged former Eugene resident Spc. Suzanne Swift on Wednesday with refusing to deploy for a second tour of duty in Iraq this year.
Swift, 22, who is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., faces two charges: "missing movement" and being absent without leave.
She first served with the 66th Military Police company as a driver and gunner in places such as Karbala, Iraq, from February 2004 to February 2005. But just days before her unit was scheduled to redeploy to Iraq in January, she decided not to go and remained in Oregon until she was arrested by Eugene police on June 14 and returned to Fort Lewis.
Swift said she couldn't face returning to Iraq because of sexual harassment and sexual abuse by three sergeants who supervised her. Her story has attracted national attention.