What does CO stand for?

Conscientious Objector

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Byline: Ann Scott Tyson; The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people last week at Fort Hood, Texas, did not formally seek to leave the military as a conscientious objector or for any other reason, an Army official said, despite claims by a relative that he had.

Hasan didn't officially request discharge; Suspect's aunt had said he ...

He was a conscientious objector in the Second World War.

Not proud of James Mason's war beliefs; Mailbag

explores the role of several World War II-era conscientious objectors in exposing substandard conditions in psychiatric hospitals after performing civilian public service in these institutions.

Acts of conscience; World War II, mental institutions, and religious ...

The EBCO President Gerd Greune will speak at the seminar, along with the Bureau's general secretary Alexia Tsouni and Greek conscientious objector Lazaros Petromelidis.

'The right to refuse to kill'

Because although Aguayo met many of the requirements of a conscientious objector according to military policy, he failed to meet one important non-official requirement: his belief system wasn't Christian.

Who's your guide? The burden of proof falls hard on nonreligious ...

He was a conscientious objector in the First World War and served in Intelligence during the Second.

Awards to honour poet

00 Paperback DS79 While serving in Iraq with the 320th Military Police Company of the US Army, Aidan Delgado's newfound adherence to Buddhism and his witness of abuses at Abu Ghraib led him to apply for and receive conscientious objector status and to later become an active participant in the anti-war movement.

The sutras of Abu Ghraib; notes from a conscientious objector

A federal judge has ordered the Army to grant conscientious objector status and an honorable discharge to a soldier who says he experienced a religious awakening in Iraq.

Christian soldier ruled a conscientious objector