Draft:Thomas K. Cullerton

Thomas K. Cullerton (born 1966), is a Federal Whistleblower, a United States Coast Guard Veteran, and the only Honorably Discharged Conscientious Objector to the Gulf War.

Conscientious Objector

Cullerton was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, and in 1987 enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, and served aboard the USCGC Dependable from 1988-1990, where he became disillusioned with the changing mission of the military service after onboard reports of the United States invasion of Panama while on patrol in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1990, he filed for a 1-0 Conscientious Objector status, an application that is for a sailor who is sincerely opposed, because of religious or deeply held moral or ethical (not political, philosophical or sociological) beliefs to participating in war in any form. In March of 1990, Cullerton was attacked, beaten and shackled by his shipmates after his conscientious objection application story was published in The News Herald (Panama City), leaving Cullerton permanently disabled. In September 1990, Cullerton was the first and only U.S. military servicemember to receive a Honorable Discharge for Conscientious Objection during both Gulf Wars. In November 1990, another article by Cullerton entitled "Mission Imposter" was published in the Orlando Sentinel.

Federal Whistleblower

From 2015-2019, Cullerton served as a Senior Administrator at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), and at San Antonio Military Medical Center. In 2019, he was the Marketing Director of the Armed Services Blood Program at Defense Health Agency headquarters. From 2022-2023, Cullerton became a federal whistleblower at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs due to the financial fraud, waste and abuse he discovered. From 2022-Present, Cullerton serves at the United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, as Deputy District Ranger on the Monongahela National Forest and as Partnership and Interpretation Manager for the Eastern Region's Public and Government Relations organization. where he alleges his confidential Hatch Act report was leaked by the agency, and retaliation for reporting violations, including assassination rhetoric and call by a federal director to oppose the incoming administration and the Second presidency of Donald Trump. Cullerton, went public as a result and detailed his concerning experience in exclusive comments to The Gateway Pundit.