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Sexual Assault Left Out of Military's PTSD Reform
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/07/despite_va_reforms_military_women_struggle_silently_with_sexual_trauma.html by Michelle Chen July 14 2010 On Monday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced reforms to the rules for claiming veterans’ benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. The White House says the move will ease the burden of proof that veterans face when trying to prove the mental wounds of war. But the new regulations…
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Coast Guard Portland commander replaced for viewing porn websites
The commander of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Portland operation on Friday was relieved of his duties after an investigation found he had been repeatedly viewing pornographic and other restricted websites from his Coast Guard-issued computer. Capt. Fredrick G. Myer, who has led the shore-based Coast Guard operation located on Portland’s Swan Island since 2007,…
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War College professor punished for rape metaphor in lecture
NEWPORT, R.I. — The Navy says a recent lecture by a professor at the Naval War College included language that was inappropriate. Karl Walling’s lecture, given in May, was partly on Machiavelli’s views on leadership and insurgency and counterinsurgency. At one point, Walling paraphrased some of Machiavelli’s theories on dealing with enemies, using Machiavelli’s famous…
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Military sexual trauma and the MTV generation
Does the hyper-sexualization of female soldiers in the MTV generation contribute to the unprecedented epidemic of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in today’s military, where a female soldier in Iraq is more likely to get raped by a fellow soldier than she is to be killed in combat? MST is often dismissed as the “logical outcome”…
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Court-Martialed Cadet Taking Case To Supreme Court Webster Smith Convicted Of Extortion, Sodomy
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The first cadet to be court-martialed at the Coast Guard Academy in New London is taking his case to the country’s highest court. Webster Smith said on his website that he’s filed paperwork asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review his case. Smith served five months in a military prison after…
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Navy’s Discharge Of Sailor Who Was Raped Shows The Damages Of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Rape is traumatic no matter who it happens to. It is about power not sex, and far too often women are the victims of rape. Of course, not all victims of rape are women. When Seaman Jose Rodriguez was drugged and raped in June 2009, that information was never suppose to go any further than…
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ex Coast Guard chief listed as Level 3 sex offender
SANDWICH — The next time he goes to town hall, Selectman James Pierce will see his son’s face on the bulletin board with two other Level 3 sex offenders. David Pierce, 46, who was convicted of four counts of rape last year by a Barnstable Superior Court jury, was classified this week as a Level…
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Military Women and PTSD
By Angie King Something to think about this Memorial Day is what happens to women in the military when they are attacked, raped, harassed, and discriminated against by their own colleagues and superiors. We are in Year 9 of the Iraq War, now operating in Afghanistan as well, and possibly extending to Yemen or Somalia…
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Angry victims say Navy misled them over doctor’s sex-crime sentence
By Erik Slavin YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Victims of convicted sex offender Lt. Cmdr. Anthony L. Velasquez say they are furious at the Navy for letting the disgraced doctor off with what they perceive as a light sentence — and then misleading them into thinking the sentence had been much tougher. At least 23…
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Provisions from Tsongas/Turner STRONG Act included as part of FY2011 National Defense Authorization Act
The House Armed Services Committee has approved provisions aimed at strengthening military prevention and response policies concerning sexual assault offered by Representatives Niki Tsongas (D-MA) and Mike Turner (R-OH). The legislation, included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), goes next to the full House of Representatives. A vote is expected by the end of…
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