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.

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.

Special Ops

Hey faithful, I just wanted to throw this little NYT article up for you about a newly published book on battlefield surgery. Many of you have probably seen the article, but for those who haven’t, it looks very interesting and seems to provide a unique eye into the world of army life, medicine and casualties [...]

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.

Is it safe for women to be serving in the military????

Read this link. If we can’t keep our women safe in the military, should they be serving?

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.

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.

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.