Biography
Private Joel Klimkewicz was a U.S. Marine who refused to train for combat after his conscientious-objector application was denied. He was court-martialed at Camp Lejeune in late 2004 and sentenced to seven months in military confinement.
Release-date source
The original publisher dates its early-release article April 5, 2005 in both article:published_time and structured publication metadata. The report says release was that day and quotes church attorney Mitchell Tyner confirming Klimkewicz was out of the brig. A February 8, 2006 retrospective separately confirms he had been released from Camp Lejeune after approximately three and one-half months. This establishes the release day without deriving it from his sentence. The existing admission date still requires independent corroboration.
ANN early-release report, April 5, 2005; ANN retrospective, February 8, 2006.
The May–June 2010 Northern Asia-Pacific Division News & Views retrospectively reports that, after release, Klimkewicz attended Andrews and became an AVS pastor at Okinawa International Church. It describes his earlier military service in Okinawa and Japanese wife. The heading and caption misspell his surname in two different ways; the established canonical name is retained. Its rounded four-month imprisonment summary does not replace the more precise custody evidence already recorded. This is a historical career update, not a claim about his current employment or family circumstances.
