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   A former Marine lance corporal who refused the COVID-19 vaccine and was   
   kicked out of the service returned to her former Japan-based duty station   
   in an apparent act of civil disobedience and was arrested by police   
   earlier this month for alleged trespassing.   
      
   Catherine Arnett, 25, was separated from the Marine Corps after spending   
   113 days in pre-trial confinement awaiting court-martial for allegedly   
   refusing orders to board a plane to the United States, among other charges   
   that were dropped by the Marine Corps earlier this year.   
      
   According to Stars and Stripes, which first reported the arrest, Arnett   
   was transferred from American military police to Japanese authorities on   
   Dec. 1 after attempting to enter her former duty station, Marine Corps Air   
   Station Iwakuni, at 2:30 a.m. local time. She was released from custody   
   nearly two weeks ago, according to the publication.   
      
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   Military.com spoke to Jamie Engel, who said she was Arnett's "acting   
   secretary." Several pictures of the two posing together were posted to   
   social media. Arnett did not respond to Military.com's inquiry via   
   Facebook Messenger.   
      
   Engel said she had not heard from Arnett since her reported release   
   earlier this month.   
      
   Engel's last contact with Arnett was through the American embassy in Japan   
   around Dec. 8 when she received a letter apparently from Arnett, she said.   
   The U.S. consulate in Fukuoka, Japan, did not respond to the publication's   
   inquiries, and Engel declined to provide direct emails from the embassy.   
      
   "She wanted to stand on principle that everything -- her discharge …   
   everything was illegal because the basis of her even facing retaliation   
   was because of an unlawful order," Engel said, adding that Arnett did not   
   accept her separation orders and believed herself to remain on active duty   
   "on principle."   
      
   Arnett originally faced an administrative separation for refusing the   
   vaccine last year. After defying orders to board a plane at least three   
   times, she was ordered to pre-trial confinement. The Marine Corps   
   eventually dropped all charges against her, which included missing a   
   military flight and disobeying an order from an officer; she received a   
   general discharge under honorable conditions, according to Stars and   
   Stripes.   
      
   When asked about her arrest, the Marine Corps referred Military.com's   
   inquiries to Japanese authorities.   
      
   "Catherine Arnett was separated from the United States Marine Corps   
   several months ago and has since had no official affiliation with the   
   service," 1st Lt. Aaron Ellis, a spokesperson for MCAS Iwakuni, told   
   Military.com in an emailed statement Dec. 13. "Since Catherine Arnett is a   
   civilian and was not in military custody, we do not have any additional   
   information."   
      
   Ellis said that all unauthorized entries of U.S. military installations in   
   Japan are punishable under local law.   
      
   Stars and Stripes reported that Arnett was detained by military police on   
   suspicion of violating the status of forces agreement between the U.S. and   
   Japan.   
      
   "BRUH, like incarceration here in Japan was ONLY the natural trajectory of   
   this entire ordeal starting in September 2021," a statement provided by   
   Engel from Arnett began, alluding to the federal government's mandate for   
   all of its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.   
      
   Earlier this year, the Defense Department rescinded the mandate. In   
   October, it was ordered by a Florida District Court Judge to pay $1.8   
   million in legal fees as settlement for two lawsuits that challenged the   
   order, though plaintiffs did not receive any of the money, Military.com   
   reported.   
      
   Arnett said anyone who willingly separated from the military after   
   refusing the COVID-19 vaccine was "verifiably a coward." According to the   
   letter, Arnett believes she was subject to "religious and intellectual   
   persecution" for refusing the vaccine and encouraged others to "formulate   
   their own ideations" about how to civilly disobey.   
      
   https://www.yahoo.com/news/marine-veteran-refused-covid-19-205512323.html   
      
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