Jay J. Ferriola

Jay J. Ferriola (born 1973) is a U.S. Army captain who sued the United States government to prevent him from being deployed to Iraq after completing eight years of military service. In response, the Army honorably discharged him on November 3, 2004.

Ferriola, a New Yorker who had served in South Korea and Bosnia, started the lawsuit because he was assigned to Iraq even though he had told the Army in June 2004 that he was resigning because his eight-year term expired in February 2004.

Before initiating his lawsuit, and subsequently being discharged, Ferriola was allegedly told that he would have to deploy to Iraq for an 18 month mission.