“I Did Not Expect To Have Traveling Soldier's Presence In Afghanistan Corroborated By A Man In Prison In Illinois” [Traveling Soldier Gets Around]

Editors Note:

Recently, Fabian Bouthillette and T. Barton, Military Resistance Organization, and members of the Traveling Soldier Editorial Board, visited an inmate in a large American prison. So that no retaliation is risked against the prisoner, his name is omitted.

This is from the report:

By Fabian Bouthillette

Recently, he explains, he had his cell shaked-down by a guard who is notorious with the prisoners for being too "by-the-book."

This prison guard had just returned from a one year tour in Afghanistan with the National Guard. He apparently wanted to let everyone know that he was back, and decided the best way to do so was to just go around shaking down cells.

So, while the guard was rummaging through his cell, procedure mandated that he stand outside the cell.

Each cell has a trunk where the prisoner is allowed to keep personal belongings.

[XXXXX] chooses to keep books, legal documents, and some Traveling Soldier and Military Resistance newsletters in his trunk.

When the guard got to looking through his personal trunk, he noticed that the guard hesitated for a moment to look carefully at some Traveling Soldier and Military Resistance newsletters.

[XXXXX] isn't supposed to talk during the shake down, but he decided to speak and asked the guard if he had ever seen Traveling Soldier before.

The guard replied, "Yeah, I saw those in Afghanistan."

It actually took me a moment to realize what [XXXXX] had said.

I asked him if he was absolutely sure that the guard had said he saw Traveling Soldier in Afghanistan.

[XXXXX] assured me that that was what he was saying.

Truly, T and I were shocked.

Very pleasantly shocked, obviously.

I did not expect to have Traveling Soldier's presence in Afghanistan corroborated by a man in prison in Illinois, but sure enough, that's what happened.