Concerned Officers Movement
Organization of U.S. military officers opposed to the Vietnam War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Concerned Officers Movement (COM) was an organization of mainly junior officers formed within the U.S. military in the early 1970s. Though its principal purpose was opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War,[1] it also fought for First Amendment rights within the military.[2] It was initiated in the Washington, D.C., area by commissioned officers who were also Vietnam Veterans,[3] but rapidly expanded throughout all branches and many bases of the U.S. military, ultimately playing an influential role in the opposition to the Vietnam War.[4][5] At least two of its chapters expanded their ranks to include enlisted personnel (non-officers), in San Diego changing the group's name to Concerned Military, and in Kodiak, Alaska, to Concerned Servicemen's Movement.[1][6]
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