Military Rape Crisis Center

by Bryan Bender WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s investigation of defense and intelligence employees who downloaded child pornography is being criticized in Congress after the Department of Defense acknowledged that its investigators failed to check thoroughly whether its employees were on a list of suspected porn viewers. In 2006, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Navy Capt. Owen Honors was an officer with a bright future, a hotshot fighter jock who rose to become commander of one of the most storied ships in the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. His undoing was a sense of humor that seemed a throwback to the Navy’s raucous, macho…

US calls Japan base delay decision unfortunate By FOSTER KLUG (AP) – Dec 16, 2009 WASHINGTON — The United States is frustrated by Japan’s delay in relocating a major U.S. military base, even as the U.S. signals a willingness to be patient with Tokyo’s new government. The moderate approach reflects the Obama administration’s desire not…

By John Lasker When Diana Morgan saw her daughter’s body for the first time after her death in Iraq in February of 2008, she thought U.S. Army Spc. Keisha Marie Morgan looked angry in her coffin. “She looked like she was not at peace. She didn’t look like the child I had known,” said Morgan,…

DENVER – Reported sexual assaults at the three U.S. military academies rose 64 percent in the 2009-10 academic year compared with the previous year, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Officials said the increase could reflect that more students are reporting assaults, rather than a jump in the number of assaults themselves. A total of 41…

HARTFORD, Conn. — The only cadet court-martialed in the 130-year history of the Coast Guard Academy has run out of options to appeal his conviction. Cadet Webster Smith already served time behind bars, but continued to fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. After more than four years, the Smith case is over.…

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Oklahoma soldier has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the rape of a military wife at Fort Bragg last year. The 82nd Airborne Division’s public affairs office says 23-year-old Aaron Pernell of Tulsa, Okla., will also receive a dishonorable discharge and forfeit any pay or benefits. Pernell pleaded…

(from the Roger Williams University webpage): Myth: Rape is caused by lust or uncontrollable sexual urges and the need for sexual gratification. Fact: Rape is an act of physical violence and domination that is not motivated by sexual gratification. Myth: Once a man gets sexually aroused, he can’t just stop. Fact: Men do not physically…

This summer, a U.S. Navy doctor, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony L. Velasquez, 48, walked free after serving seven days in the brig at the Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture. He had admitted to two counts each of wrongful sexual contact and conduct unbecoming an officer. He had, however, gotten off lightly, with a two-year prison sentence,…

Ryan T. Carroll, 25, out of Yankeetown, was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography.