Today was the first day of the court-martial of First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, who is charged with conduct unbecoming of an officer for refusing to go to Iraq. His supporters gathered last night in Tacoma Washington, including former Marine Corp medic Chanan Suarez-Diaz.

Suarez-Diaz: "There are more people in different ranks in the military that are actually speaking out and refusing to go to this war and it's not only, you know the officers are in the minority in the military and the majority are enlisted, but I think it's important for the officers to see Lt. Watada's courage as an example, if they feel that this war is wrong, which it is, then they should have the courage to resist like he has and countless others."

Lt. Watada faces four years in prison if he is convicted of all the charges against him. FSRN’s Aaron Glantz is covering the trial and spoke to FSRN from Ft. Lewis this morning.