Military Rape Crisis Center

WASHINGTON (AP) — The military too quickly destroys records from the hundreds of rapes and sexual assaults reported confidentially each year, say victims’ advocates and some members of Congress. They say the practice can hamper successful disability claims by victims or the prosecution of offenders. They want the military to preserve and centralize all reports…

By Cathryn Creno, The Arizona Republic Gilbert resident JoAnn White says she was wounded while serving with the Air Force during the Vietnam War and has not been able to work since. Her injuries were not inflicted by a foreign enemy. She said she was raped and sexually assaulted during her military career by men…

by Jackie Speier Women in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by fellow soldiers than killed by enemy fire. I know what you’re thinking – it sounds too unbelievable to be true. But it’s not.   The Department of Defense estimates that more than 19,000 service members were raped or sexually assaulted in…

A bipartisan bill to support the 19,000 annual military victims of sexual assault in the United States Armed Forces is being introduced Wednesday in the House by Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) and Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH). The Defense Sexual Trauma Response, Oversight and Good Governance Act (The Defense STRONG Act) would expand legal rights and…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…