Biography
Sara G. Beining is an Iraq War veteran and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who joined Iraq Veterans Against the War after going absent without leave in opposition to the war. She was arrested on August 26, 2014 after a second absence and held through her December 9 court-martial at Fort Carson, Colorado. A military judge convicted her of desertion terminated by apprehension and absence without leave for more than 30 days, sentenced her to five months of confinement with credit for time served, and ordered a bad-conduct discharge. She was released on December 10, 2014.