A former Marine lance corporal who refused the COVID-19 vaccine and was 
kicked out of the service returned to her former Japan-based duty station 
in an apparent act of civil disobedience and was arrested by police 
earlier this month for alleged trespassing.

Catherine Arnett, 25, was separated from the Marine Corps after spending 
113 days in pre-trial confinement awaiting court-martial for allegedly 
refusing orders to board a plane to the United States, among other charges 
that were dropped by the Marine Corps earlier this year.

According to Stars and Stripes, which first reported the arrest, Arnett 
was transferred from American military police to Japanese authorities on 
Dec. 1 after attempting to enter her former duty station, Marine Corps Air 
Station Iwakuni, at 2:30 a.m. local time. She was released from custody 
nearly two weeks ago, according to the publication.

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Military.com spoke to Jamie Engel, who said she was Arnett's "acting 
secretary." Several pictures of the two posing together were posted to 
social media. Arnett did not respond to Military.com's inquiry via 
Facebook Messenger.

Engel said she had not heard from Arnett since her reported release 
earlier this month.

Engel's last contact with Arnett was through the American embassy in Japan 
around Dec. 8 when she received a letter apparently from Arnett, she said. 
The U.S. consulate in Fukuoka, Japan, did not respond to the publication's 
inquiries, and Engel declined to provide direct emails from the embassy.

"She wanted to stand on principle that everything -- her discharge