The Department of Defense statistics are alarming - one in three women who join the US military will be sexually assaulted or raped by men in the military.
The warnings to women should begin above the doors of the military recruiting stations, as that is where assaults on women in the military begin - before they are even recruited.
But, now, even more alarming, are deaths of women soldiers in Iraq and in the United States following rape. The military has characterized each death of women who were first sexually assaulted as deaths from "noncombat related injuries," and then added "suicide." Yet, the families of the women whom the military has declared to have committed suicide strongly dispute the findings and are calling for further investigations into the deaths of their daughters. Specific US Army units and certain US military bases in Iraq have an inordinate number of women soldiers who have died of "noncombat related injuries," with several identified as "suicides."
Ninety-four US military women have died in Iraq or during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Twelve US civilian women have been killed in OIF. Thirteen US military women have been killed in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Twelve US Civilian women have been killed in Afghanistan.
Of the 94 US military women who died in Iraq or in OIF, the military says 36 died from noncombat related injuries, which included vehicle accidents, illness, death by "natural causes" and self-inflicted gunshot wounds, or suicide. The military has declared the deaths of the Navy women in Bahrain, which were killed by a third sailor, as homicides. Five deaths have been labeled as suicides, but 15 more deaths occurred under extremely suspicious circumstances.
Eight women soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, (six from the Fourth Infantry Division and two from the 1st Armored Cavalry Division) have died of "noncombat related injuries" on the same base, Camp Taji, and three were raped before their deaths. Two were raped immediately before their deaths and another raped prior to arriving in Iraq. Two military women have died of suspicious "noncombat related injuries" on Balad base, and one was raped before she died. Four deaths have been classified as "suicides."
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The Marines are now targeting women to meet their recruiting goals.
I guess the bottom line is, any woman who joins the military knowing there is a one in three chance that they will be raped, must love being raped.
You know, those Hillary supporters who love to be abused..
Comment 1, you're a fucking idiot.
Maybe women want to serve their country just like men, and are unaware of these statistics. It's sick that they're that high. Something needs to be done.
I do know this has motivated me to stay even further from the US military than I already am...
I'm sorry but you people are so naive. Those statistics are way out of proportion. Don't believe phony, unreliable sources such as this. This clearly is a stupid, bias article trying to change people's thinking without fact. Come on, brighten up people!
Well you clearly are a "stupid and biased" nit wit, but you are entitled to your opinion, even a wrong one.
My sources for this article come from the Department of Defense. Can you dispute these facts with some of your own or should we just believe you because you said so?
Fucking moron.
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