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Military Sexual Assault Not an “After School Special” Issue
By Alexander Nicholson Servicemember-on-servicemember sexual assault is becoming an increasingly public problem for the Department of Defense, and as more light is shed onto this once-taboo topic, the inadequacies of military leaders’ responses to this visceral problem are coming into sharper focus. Every year I try to make it to the Army Soldier Show. Surprisingly,…
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Survey Finding: VA Needs to Improve MST Screening for Women Veterans
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Nearly 40 percent of female veterans surveyed by The American Legion about VA health care were dissatisfied with the screening process for military sexual trauma. Among those, 26 percent said they were “very dissatisfied” with the screening process, which mandates that all enrolled veterans are universally screened for military…
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Red Fern Theatre partners with the Military Rape Crisis Center for the upcoming showing of A Shot Away
We are pleased to announce that Red Fern Theatre and A Shot Away has chosen the Military Rape Crisis Center to partner with during the upcoming showings of A Shot Away. About A Shot Away: Tina Priest is dead. Is it suicide? Or, is it because, just weeks before, this American soldier reported she had…
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4 Navy officers censured in video scandal
NORFOLK, Va. — The secretary of the Navy issued censure letters yesterday to four high-ranking officers over a series of raunchy videos shown to thousands of sailors aboard the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, including the captain who produced and starred in many of them. A letter of censure does not end a military officer’s career,…
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More rape survivors are afraid to report-Pentagon reports a decrease in sexual assault reported
Sexual assaults in the military declined slightly last year, the Pentagon announced today. There were 3,158 reports of assaults ranging from rape to unwanted touching – a decrease of two per cent on 2009. Incidents involved assaults on people in uniform by fellow military members and by civilians, according to the Defence Department’s annual report…
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Army Rape Suspect Comes to LA County From Florida
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a U.S. Army private who escaped while awaiting extradition from Georgia to California is now in a Los Angeles County jail awaiting his first court appearance in the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl. The Sheriff’s Department said in a statement Sunday that 20-year-old Daniel Brazelton is being held…
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Bill would ease compensation for sexual trauma
Veterans who are sexually assaulted, raped or harassed while in the service often find they are ineligible for post-service disability compensation and medical treatment if they have no evidence that they’re suffering from service-related traumatic stress. A Maine congresswoman wants to change that. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, has introduced legislation that would require the Veterans…
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Ashland’s CMC Fired Over Touching Allegations
NORFOLK — The highest-ranking enlisted Sailor aboard the Norfolk-based dock landing ship Ashland has been relieved of duty for inappropriately touching another Sailor, the Navy said Wednesday. Command Master Chief Ron Burnett was removed by the Ashland’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Scott Curtis, the Navy said in a news release. The release says Curtis made his…
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USFF Releases Enterprise Video Investigation Findings
From U.S. Fleet Forces Command NORFOLK (NNS) — Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces, Adm. John C. Harvey, has completed a review, taken all immediate actions and forwarded recommendations to the chief of naval operations for additional actions to be taken by the secretary of the Navy concerning the findings of the investigation Harvey ordered into the…
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