Military Rape Crisis Center

By Jenn Rowell They don’t like to use numbers be­cause the statistics are misleading, but sexual assault is a real problem for the military and for the community. On Friday, base leaders, area mayors and community members gathered to sign a joint proclamation naming April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. April has been designated as…

Every 6 Minutes tells the fictional story of Annie Cummings, a college student in Ohio, who innocently unravels the story of two young female soldiers who were raped and allegedly committed suicide in Iraq in 2007. Annie also learns to come to terms with the fact that she herself was date raped and through a…

by Brandann Hill-Mann Feminists are keenly aware that we live in a society that promotes a rape culture. I can think of few places that is this more obvious than in the rank and file of today’s military. Women in uniform are finding themselves, too many times, victims of sexual assault and rape — only…

3/25/2010 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The month of April is nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. The Edwards Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and Victim Advocates are organizing a shoe drive…

March 24, 2010  originally published in Star Tribune WASHINGTON — In a victory for Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, military contractor KBR has decided to drop a Supreme Court appeal in the case of a former company clerk who alleges she was raped by co-workers in Iraq. KBR’s decision represents the first significant legal fallout from…

A military hearing for a Fort Bragg soldier accused in a string of sexual assaults and burglaries has been scheduled for April 8 after two months of delays. Military investigators charged Spc. Aaron M. Pernell on Feb. 2 with two burglaries and a sexual assault that were reported in December in the Ste. Mere Eglise…

By Marc L. I am a lover and a friend, ally and partner, to many women who are rape survivors. They are each different and they come from different backgrounds with different hopes and dreams, yet the one thing that they have in common is that, now and then, certain events in their lives trigger…

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – March 16, 2010) –  MaleSurvivor (www.MaleSurvivor.org), an international organization dedicated to issues surrounding the sexual victimization of boys and men, will host an Author’s Reception and International Panel for attendees and media during their bi-annual international conference. The 2010 conference will take place at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice…

The Department of Defense today released the fiscal 2009 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. In fiscal 2009, a total of 3,230 restricted and unrestricted reports of sexual assault were filed, involving military members as either victims or subjects, which is an 11 percent increase from fiscal 2008. There were 714 restricted reports…

A military police officer was arrested Monday for an alleged rape. Steven James Bell, 21, is accused of raping a woman after grabbing her and striking her in the face, according to his arrest warrant, signed by Det. Jay Skidmore. Bell, who gave a 3267 South Senseny Drive address, was charged in the incident. Bond…