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."
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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. |
Olga Ferrer
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