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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 [...]

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.

Suburban Guerrilla Blog

Another opinion and a few stats on rape in the military by Suburban Guerrilla Blogger.

Updated sexual harassment statistics in U.S. Military from MSNBC

Sorry, this link is busted for some reason. I will try to replace it soon.

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.

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.

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.
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Jennifer Dyer and Rape Statistics in the United States

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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 [...]

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 [...]