Military Rape Crisis Center

By Antonia Zerbisias Not long ago, Professor Lise Gotell, an expert on sexual assault law at the University of Alberta, was taken aback to hear her 15-year-old son describe his football team’s crushing defeat as being “totally raped.’’ She wasn’t sure whether to call the coach, or the cops. “Can’t you just say that you…

WASHINGTON — The Army officer in charge of overseeing treatment for troops suffering from brain injuries and psychological trauma has been reassigned until an internal investigation into his management of the office is completed, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday. Col. Robert Saum is being replaced as acting director of the Defense Centers of Excellence…

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that the director of the Pentagon office overseeing the treatment of troops suffering from brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder is under investigation for allegedly making unwanted sexual advances and creating a hostile work environment. The inquiry into Army Col. Robert Saum’s conduct comes just months after his…

The latest research on the long-term health consequences of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan (OEFA) and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq (OIFI) suggests that US veterans are bringing home a significant number of psychological problems. The most recent study published in August by the American Journal of Public Health estimates that 19% to 42% of…

An Alabama man who met a woman on MySpace was arrested early Saturday on allegations that he raped her in a downtown hotel room, police said. Zontevias Lewis, 20, of Phenix City, Ala., was charged with rape, forcible sodomy and object sexual penetration, police said. According to a police report, a woman, 18, told police…

In a reversal, the Pentagon says it will reopen hundreds of cases of alleged purchases of child pornography by Department of Defense employees that Pentagon officials previously declined to investigate, The Upshot has learned. Earlier this month, The Upshot reported exclusively that in 2007, investigators for the Defense Criminal Investigative Service obtained a list of…

By Daniel Tencer Some women who were raped at the US’s Abu Ghraib prison facility in Iraq were later “honor killed” by their families, says a Jordanian reporter who writes on women’s issues. “In Abu Ghraib, women were tortured by the Americans much more than the men,” Lima Nabil told The Independent. “One woman said…

  ALCOAST 346/10 COMDTNOTE 1754 SUBJ: SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (SAPR) PROGRAM POLICY REVISIONS A. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM (SAPRP), COMDTINST 1754.10 (SERIES) 1. THIS ALCOAST UPDATES POLICY IN REF A. 2. ALL PERSONNEL FULFILLING THE ROLE OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR (SARC), (E.G., EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM COORDINATORS(EAPC) AND FAMILY ADVOCACY…

A 2006 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into the purchase of child pornography online turned up more than 250 civilian and military employees of the Defense Department — including some with the highest available security clearance — who used credit cards or PayPal to purchase images of children in sexual situations. But the Pentagon investigated…

First Sgt. Angela Isles hated the military for a long time. She was angry, bitter and scared because of a dark secret she tried to bury when she was an 18-year-old and in the Air Force-a secret that destroyed her life and ultimately drove her to join the Army, and make a rank she could…