I spent much of my life on military bases and posts. I always felt very secure in these communities. Not only because most members of the community adhered to a code of conduct which assured respect for a neighbors right to privacy and security, but because you knew that at any given time there were several combat trained and probably armed personnel within shouting distance prepared to respond to any distress signal
The first question I have is where are these rapes occurring? Anyone can tell you that on base there is very little privacy even in private quarters. In some off-limits bar? Hey even those used to be heavily patrolled by APs and MPs. And as for Commanders turning a blind eye to the miscreants, I couldn’t have imagined any Commander who hoped to keep his job letting rapes abound in his outfit. Also, we are talking about supposedly combat ready troops raping other combat ready troops, seems to me in that circumstance both parties would bear irrefutable physical evidence of the encounter visible to everyone they encountered. I am puzzled by these reports but more than that deeply distressed if there is any truth to these press releases..What is equally puzzling is that while Commanders are supposedly turning a blind eye to rapist running rampant under their Command, military personnel are facing reprimands, court-martial trials and discharges for possessing conservative and Christian literature and actually publicly acknowledging their religious preferences. I remember when soldiers were not allowed to marry without permission and no one on active duty could vote in any election. Even then I don’t remember anyone not being allowed to read what they wanted or Chaplins being reprimanded for doing their job.
Much has changed with the Military during this Administration, I am beginning to wonder if any of it is to the best interest of the service or the women and men who serve.
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