'Birther Soldier' Gets Six Months in Jail 5.22K Jim Newell 12/16/10 05:21PM Filed to: Trials Trials Birthers Terrence lakin Army Military Prison Afghanistan Appic Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the Army doctor who refused to deploy to Afghanistan over doubts that commander-in-chief Barack Obama was born in the United States, was sentenced to six months in military prison today. Martyr! But no, not really.