Dear Readers,
This blog exists in order to circulate information about issues that affect female (and male) soldiers, as well as to provide a forum in which Americans citizens and citizens of the world can share ideas and opinions. I am confident that I have posted information and statistics from reliable sources like the U.S. Department [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘female soldiers’
September 23, 2008
Mission
August 27, 2008
Lot O’ Links for Female Soldiers and Veterans
Good site: Military and Veteran Women Resource Guide
A lot of links for female soldiers and vets.
August 6, 2008
Russian Female Soldiers in WWII
Call it WWII or the Great Patriotic War (Russia), women played major roles. Another wordpress blog posted about a conference on Russian female soldiers who enlisted during WWII. Read Here.
April 28, 2008
Army Recruiters
This blog article is about sexual harassment perpetrated by army recruiters. Also, check out the comments, there is a particularly interesting longer one with a few good links.
April 28, 2008
Suburban Guerrilla Blog
Another opinion and a few stats on rape in the military by Suburban Guerrilla Blogger.
February 13, 2008
The trouble with contractors
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/13/world/middleeast/13contractors.html?hp
More judicial red tape and army contractors run amok…
August 13, 2007
Rape Case in the Air Force
An article about a controversial rape case in the Air Force, hot off the wire from the LA times.
May 12, 2007
Rape and PTSD in the U.S. Military
I found the following clip on YouTube. Its from NBC News In Depth with Brian Williams, and is an interview with several women suffering from PTSD because of having been sexually assaulted while serving in the military.
May 12, 2007
2001 Rape Statistics in the U.S. Military for Men and Women
On the U.S. defense department website there is an article, which sites that: “Officials estimate about three-tenths of a percent of men will be sexually assaulted while serving in the military — compared to 8 percent of women.” The total number of women serving in the military in 2001 was 199,850 according to this website.
This [...]
May 10, 2007
Jennifer Dyer and Rape Statistics in the United States
http://www.cbsnews.com/images/2005/02/17/image674848x.jpg
The following link is an article about Jennifer Dyer, a female soldier who accused a fellow officer of raping her while she was serving in the New Jersey National Guard. There is also a link on the left hand side of this site under the heading INTERACTIVE, Sexual Assault, that has rape statistics from [...]
