Straight from Perez

I know its trash, but we still love to read it, and this is applicable: Homes For Our Troops.
Thanks Perez, for once.

James Webb Video

Watch and judge for yourself!
In James Webb’s interview with Tim Russert, the senator at once seems to be affirming and denying his 1979 statement about women in the military. Also, check out the Wikipedia article on him below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Webb

US Military Blog

Found while browsing Google, some interesting stuff from those who serve:
http://forums.military.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/69197221

Link to SAPRO and US Defense Department

Here’s a link to the US Department of Defense’s website that is committed to responding to sexual abuse in the military. The site contains a newsletter for April 2007. There is some pretty interesting data in the newsletter, and an address to which readers can respond.

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 [...]

And Now, Some People Who Are Against Women in Combat

Check out this site I just found. Its totally anti the idea of women fighting in the U.S. military. The link is part of a larger site who’s mission is, “to restore our republic to the status which emboldened our Founding Fathers to sacrifice their reputations, fortunes, families, and lives for our right to life, [...]

Rape Statistics and What the U.S. Military Should Be Doing

In an article that I found on alternet.com written by a woman named Rose Aguilar, the author states marks the shocking increase in rape allegations in the U.S. military. “In 2003, Congress began requiring the Department of Defense to report the number of sexual assault cases on file. In 2005, military criminal investigators received [...]

UK Hostages

The story about the 15 UK marines that Iranian forces apprehended in their own waters has been furiously swirling around on the internet and on television (although the Imus scandal has recently replaced it on the front pages) and I have been a little late to discuss its significance on my own blog. But let’s [...]

Rape of U.S. women soldiers in the Iraq War

Several articles have come out recently about the prevalence of male on female rape that is occurring among troop units fighting in Iraq. The first is an article that I found online at Salon.com, and the second was the cover story of the New York Times Magazine two weeks ago. These articles bring up many [...]