According to the Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN), the VA spent nearly $872 million on treatment related to military sexual trauma in 2010 (the last year in which complete data is available). However, these are not the only costs associated with MST; there is a human cost as well.
According to a Pentagon report released in May, 1.2 percent of active duty male service members have been victims of military sexual trauma. That breaks down to approximately 38 men per day in comparison to 33 women per day, according to the same report.
According to Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA14), if a soldier sexually assaults a fellow service member, they have an 86.5 percent chance that their victim won’t say anything. Even if the victim comes forward, there is a 92 percent chance the perpetrator will never see a court-martial.
It’s been nearly four years since a radical Muslim Army psychiatrist walked into a processing center on Ft. Hood, shouted “Allah Akbar,” and opened fire. The shooter killed 13 people, including a pregnant woman, and wounded another 32.
Congress has let the future of the nation’s budget go down to the wire — again. Lawmakers are having trouble agreeing on a budget deal as the March 1 sequestration.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, announced last week the repeal of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment.
From the inception of the screenplay immediately after bin Laden’s death to the nationwide opening last week, Zero Dark Thirty has been controversial.
