Resources
Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
Rape Crisis Centers Near U.S. Military Bases
Military Sex Offenders Registry
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Violence and Sexual Assault
U.S. Department of Defense, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Women’s Tramua Recovery Program (WTRP)
Sexual Harassment and Violence at the U.S. Military Service Academies — Annual Reports
If you (or someone you know) has been the survivor of a sexual assault by a member of the U.S. military, you may be interested in reading the booklet entitled “Responding to Sexual Assault in the Military: A Resource Guide and Policy Overview.”
It provides information about the definitions of sexual assault, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as the specific charges that can be filed for particular types of assault. The booklet also outlines restricted and unrestricted reporting options; medical and legal options for survivors; what to expect during the reporting process in the civilian law-enforcement arena; what to expect of the criminal justice system; a list of resources for military and civilian survivors within the U.S. and on U.S. military bases overseas; and resources for civilians residing within the United States.
The booklet, as well as a book, For Love of Country: Confronting Rape and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military, are available from Sugati Publications
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Articles
“The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers,” H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout.org, January – February 2012
Read the series of articles at the links below:
Introduction: “The Battlefield and the Barracks: Two War Fronts for Women Soldiers”
Military Sexual Abuse: A Greater Menace Than Combat
The Military and the Church: Bedfellows in Sexual Assault
Picking Up the Pieces From Military Sexual Assault
Reforming a Recalcitrant Military
Military Recruiters: Criminal, Abusive or Suspect Activity
Eight-year Chronological Review of Public Reports as of August 28, 2009, Compiled by Learning Not Recruiting – Toledo, Ohio
Fight Like a Girl (in Iraq and Afghanistan) Feministing.com August 19, 2009
Sexual Assault Against Females, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, July 20, 2009
Sisters in Death: The Systemic Misogyny of Militarism Leads To Deaths of U.S. Servicewomen and Iraqi Civilian Women Feminist Peace Network, April 28, 2009
Military Sexual Trauma: A Review of Prevalence and Associated Health Consequences in Veterans Trauma, Violence & Abuse, October 2008
Helen Benedict on the Scandal of Military Rape, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2008
Perceived as “Dykes, Whores, Bitches”: 1 in 3 Military Women Experience Sexual Abuse The WIP, May 7, 2008
The Women’s War The New York Times Magazine, March 18, 2007
The Private War of Women Soldiers Salon.com, March 7, 2007
Violence Against Women in the Military Medscape Today, September 14, 2005 (free web page registration is required to access the article)
Sexualized Violence Against Female Soliders Going Largely Unpunished, The New Standard, June 15, 2004
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News Reports
Soldier arrested in slaying of Megan Touma WRAL.com July 29, 2009
LaVena Johnson: Raped and Murdered on a Military Base in Iraq Alternet.org, March 3, 2009
Missing Nurse’s Marine Husband Charged With Murder ABC News, July 14, 2008
Spc. Suzanne Swift Released from Military Prison, Supporters Rally at Ft. Lewis IndyBay.org, January 3, 2007
U.S. Soldier Goes AWOL — Alleges Sexual Harassment The San Francisco Chronicle, September 15, 2006
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Military Women’s Stories
Lisa Nicole Bryant
Arlington National Cemetery Website: Lisa Nicole Bryant
Ciara M. Durkin
LeVena Johnson
Warning: Graphic Images
Angie Peacock
A Soldier’s Story – Angie Peacock
In Their Boots – Angie’s Story
Tina Priest
Army Pvt. 1st Class Tina Priest
Suzanne Swift
Courage to Resist – Suzanne Swift
Megan Touma
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