How much do you care? 11/28/2010
Are you passionate about protecting our troops? Every day, news agencies claim to be behind our soldiers, yet they refuse to cover the story of military sexual abuse. This week, we ask that you walk into the offices of your local news agencies and demand to know why military rape isn't a hot topic on their news lists. Why in person? It's far to simple to delete an email or throw away a letter. Calling or better yet going in person shows your dedication and allows you to press the issue rather than allow a piece of paper to talk for you. If we all stand up and show that this is important to us, media outlets will be forced to explore the issue of military rape. It's time to stop covering jet-skiing squirrels or celebrity gossip when our soldiers are being tortured every day. We'll be paying our local news agencies a visit. Will you? Add Comment From Real Person, To a Soldier, To a Ghost 09/15/2010
Every once in a while you run across a quote that just puts everything into perspective. Here's a combat vet, woman, with PTSD and MST, raped multiple times(!) in her deployment -- a form of hazing? A highly intelligent woman, coming to terms with what she's gone through, but it isn't easy, and it did involve unspeakable things. Here's how she describes it: "I remember so many things I want to forget. I remember once upon a time I was a real person. Then I was a soldier. Now I am a ghost." Speaking Out-Real Life Stories 3 09/01/2010
Hello, everyone. We'd like to thank everyone who has so courageously requested a rose and we will keep fighting to make this a topic of national discussion. Today, we will see that the legal structure of the military is a failing institution. Please be advised that this testimonial contains descriptions of rape, assault, and harassment and has not been edited for any other purpose than to protect the privacy of the survivor.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I was in the Navy in the latter part of 2002, I attended "A" School in IL. I went to a hotel party with people I thought were my friends even though we are told not to go to hotel parties. I didn't even have a single alcoholic drink. I just drank water. I was raped by one guy and sexually assaulted by that guy's best friend, both guys that I attended "A" school with. It took me 3 days to come out with it. I finally came out with it to my class leader and instructor. The Navy turned it around and said I was lying, charged me with falsifying official documents and statements and sent me to a court martial. Let's keep going forward 08/16/2010
Hello my friends, I have being trying to find a way to get our organization a non tax status.But the true is that we are short of donations. We need 370.00 dollars just to file for the status with the IRS. While we get there I hope that everyone pass the word around, of our website. You never know if you have a friend that is suffering in silence. love, Olga i Speaking Out-Real Life Stories 2 08/08/2010
Hello again. Today's story clearly highlights the horrific process of reporting a military rape or sexual assault. Clearly the military does not do enough for the men and women who survive these incidents; instead, they take the easy, immoral way out and cast aside victims. Please be advised that this testimonial contains descriptions of rape, assault, and harassment and has not been edited for any other purpose than to protect the privacy of the survivor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was raped while serving in the Navy, by a fellow Sailor. The reporting process was brutal - there is no better word. It was like being kicked when I was already down, by the organization that was supposed to protect me. I did not have enough support to testify at court martial and have my name dragged through the mud again, so the man who assaulted me is still in the military and received no punishment or counseling. That thought refuses to leave my mind. I'm moving on, healing is all I can focus on at this point. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaking Out-Real Life Stories 08/04/2010
Nothing is more frustrating than feeling like no one will believe you. That's why A Black Rose exists: to provide an outlet for survivors of MST to speak out and show the world that their story is real. This story is from a real survivor who has made the courageous step of sharing their experience. Please be advised that this testimonial contains descriptions of rape, assault, and harassment and has not been edited for any other purpose than to protect the privacy of the survivor.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was a Hospital Corpsman, Second Class Petty Officer, stationed in both active and reserve duty units and hospitals. I was raped, subjected to sexual harassment, and refused to be a "sex kitten" for a senior enlisted staff throughout my time I served. Under the new rule, Va will not required corroboration of a stressor related to fear of hostile military or terrorist activity if a VA doctor confirms that the stresfull experience recall by a Veteran adequately supports a diagnosis of PTSD and the Veteran's symptoms are related to the claimed stressor. Click here for the VA's fact sheet. Another Victim 06/22/2010
Yuriria Acuna Pineda of the US Navy now lives in Los Angeles . . . homeless. A young Mexican-American woman of very meager economic resources, she has been unable to find help for her mental problems due to the brutal rape inside a bathroom by another sailor by the name of Roger Northern II in June of 2001. The US Navy investigator by the name of Kevin O'Neil concluded that Yariria had "asked for it"!  I will keep fighting for all our military personnel that fight for our country and Female troops serving in the Iraq war are reporting an insidious enemy in their own camps: fellow American soldiers who sexually assault them. At least 37 women service members have sought sexual-trauma counseling and other assistance from civilian rape crisis organizations after returning from war duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and other overseas stations, according to victims' advocates. The women, ranging from enlisted soldiers to officers, have reported poor medical treatment, lack of counseling, and incomplete criminal investigations by military officials. Some say they were threatened with punishment after reporting assaults. Others — fearing humiliation, ostracization, or official retaliation — have kept silent. Online Shop 06/07/2010
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