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Restrictive abortion laws threaten our national security
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Restrictive abortion laws threaten our national security
MY SAY: Abortion is not "health care," anymore than an autopsy is health care. In my day, soldiers were told that Uncle Sam didn't issue you a spouse, nor a family. The military is not a place to start or raise one. Most listened, some did not. If you were pregnant, you were "non-deployable." That's putting you ahead of the mission. Not cool. Abortion is not birth control, like the left would have you believe. Young soldiers have many choices to make, including whether or not to participate in risk behaviors. Making abortions legal or accessible to military personnel only encourages risk behaviors.
MY SAY: Abortion is not "health care," anymore than an autopsy is health care. In my day, soldiers were told that Uncle Sam didn't issue you a spouse, nor a family. The military is not a place to start or raise one. Most listened, some did not. If you were pregnant, you were "non-deployable." That's putting you ahead of the mission. Not cool. Abortion is not birth control, like the left would have you believe. Young soldiers have many choices to make, including whether or not to participate in risk behaviors. Making abortions legal or accessible to military personnel only encourages risk behaviors.
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I find this to be extremely humorous. "So let’s be clear, Sen. Tuberville is actively holding our military hostage and undermining service members who have sacrificed their lives to protect him and his constituents." Tuberville is not holding our militaryhostage. They can still press ahead on nominations as they have shown with Gen CQ Brown. They just want a blanket approval and he is not willing to do that until this provision is removed. Abortion is not healthcare....it is a choice. It is not like one walks into an abortion clinic because they have something that is going to kill them...just ruin their plans and goals...that is not healthcare, that is a choice. The military by allowing or requesting to be able to fund this and LGBTQ surgeries is taking vital dollars from readiness. Every elective lifestyle surgery we pay for is body armor, ammunition, training session, parachute, rifle, tank, airplane, fuel etc that we will not be able to buy to keep our units is top readiness. I understand true healthcare...keeping bodies ready and fit to fight but to me this is a choice not healthcare and for us to pay for it is not right.
Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug Maj Ronald (Ron) Scarpa CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug Maj Ronald (Ron) Scarpa CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
CPL LaForest Gray - Out of the 40% of women on Active Duty is it a choice and not a medical condition? Yes it does effect readiness in that case cause they are no longer a fullup round ready to fight. I will bet that out of the 80000 female troops that Rand says may push out it was/is a choice, a choice to have unprotected sex, to not have birth control, and then when they got pregnant it is still a choice to abort or not. Their LIFE DOES NOT DEPEND ON IT. Majority of them (some it is needed tosave the mothers life) will not die if they don't get an abortion. No one is saying they can't go get an abortion...just not on the governments dime or time. Take leave, travel, get it done, and come back. Paying for medically unnecessary (not all are unnecessary) surgeries such as this and trans gender are taking away money from beans, bullets, bombs, fuel and other equipment that is necessary to give our brothers everything possible to win and come home. If they want and abortion then go get it, just not on Uncle Sugars dime!
Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug Maj Ronald (Ron) Scarpa CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown
Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Trent Klug Maj Ronald (Ron) Scarpa CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Cpl Vic Burk MSgt James Parker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CMSgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC David Brown
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Quote from : @Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
“Paying for medically unnecessary (not all are unnecessary) surgeries such as this and trans gender are taking away money from beans, bullets, bombs, fuel and other equipment that is necessary to give our brothers everything possible to win and come home. If they want and abortion then go get it, just not on Uncle Sugars dime!”
1.) Both men and women fight on the battlefield not just “our brothers”.
Not quite sure which U.S. Military you served in for you to make once again a narrow viewpoint.
Women Warriors
The ongoing story of integrating and diversifying the American armed forces
The U.S. military by the numbers
Today’s military is much more integrated along gender lines than at any time in the past. Women are no longer excluded from any type of combat mission: They are pilots and vehicle drivers and mechanics and infantry officers.
Department of Defense Releases Annual Demographics Report — Upward Trend in Number of Women Serving Continues
Dec. 14, 2022
In 2021, women made up 17.3% of the active-duty force, totaling 231,741 members; and 21.4% of the National Guard and reserves at 171,000 members. The year before, women made up 17.2% of the active-duty force and 21.1% of the Guard and reserve. Since 2017, the percentages of women in the active-duty and selected reserve have risen 1.1% and 1.8% respectively.
To capture data unique to women in active military service, the 2021 demographics profile features an interactive "Women in the Military" infographic to display key demographics related to their personal, family and military life.
"The over 3 million women who have served in or with the armed forces since the American Revolution have contributed immensely to the strength and resilience of our armed forces," said' Patricia Montes Barron, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy. "The annual demographics profile reports provide a lens on the ever-changing diversity of our armed forces, providing essential information for policymakers, researchers and other organizations who contribute to the readiness and well-being of the military community,"
The annual demographics report is available on Military OneSource.
SOURCE : https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3246268/department-of-defense-releases-annual-demographics-report-upward-trend-in-numbe/
It’s been 10 years since women were allowed to serve in combat. There’s a lot left to accomplish
OPINION CONTRIBUTORS 01/28/23 02:00 PM ET
In January 2013, during our final days in the Pentagon, we announced a historic decision — that the Department of Defense would overturn the “ground combat exclusion policy,” a Pentagon rule barring women from serving in direct combat ground units below the brigade level. One decade after lifting one of the last major barriers to equal opportunity in the U.S. Armed Forces, there is much to celebrate. There’s even more left to do.
For years we worked with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to address challenges facing women in the military. We assigned a senior Pentagon official and several of our senior military advisors the task of analyzing the impact of formally allowing women to serve in combat roles. In 2012, we opened more than 14,000 positions previously closed to female candidates. Yet while American women had been serving in battle since the Revolutionary War (with some 177 women in uniform killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in this century alone), the ground combat exclusion policy stubbornly endured, disqualifying women from some 200,000 positions across infantry, artillery and other combat roles.
SOURCE : https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3834021-its-been-10-years-since-women-were-allowed-to-serve-in-combat-theres-a-lot-left-to-accomplish/amp/
September 4, 2023
New Rules For Women In Combat
Congress recently authorized an expansion for the role played by female troops in combat zones.
There’s been a lot of attention paid to this, but it’s actually a relatively small change that only codified in law the reality on the ground for the last ten years. In reality, very little has changed.
Women are still barred from most combat arms professions – especially the infantry and tanks. What Congress did, here, was to allow women to serve in theater at the battalion level – which was thought to be too close to actual combat situations prior to Afghanistan and Iraq. Which means there are still 230,000 jobs – roughly one-fifth of the positions in the active component – in the military that are still off-limits to women purely because of the circumstances of their birth
SOURCE : https://militaryfamily.com/new-rules-for-women-in-combat/
2.) We have an unlimited funding for the military as a FACT, or we wouldn’t have funding to do off the books operations.
PENTAGON'S TOP SECRET 'BLACK' BUDGET HAS SKYROCKETED DURING REAGAN YEARS
Document Type:
CREST
Collection:
General CIA Records
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP90-00965R [login to see] 01-4
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
7
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
January 3, 2012
Sequence Number:
1
Case Number:
Publication Date:
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Content Type:
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File:
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CIA-RDP90-00965R [login to see] 01-4.pdf 741.96 KB
SOURCE : https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90-00965r [login to see] 01-4
2a.). The FACT of unlimited funding comes up when the books don’t balance out according to congress.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Department of Defense Releases 2020 Military Intelligence Program Budget
Oct. 21, 2020
The Department of Defense released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for FY 2020. The total MIP budget, which included both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations appropriations, was $23.1 billion and is aligned to support the National Defense Strategy.
The department has determined that releasing this top line figure does not jeopardize any classified activities within the MIP. No other MIP budget figures or program details will be released, as they remain classified for national security reasons
SOURCE : https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2388853/department-of-defense-releases-2020-military-intelligence-program-budget/
COUNTRIES
Mapped: World’s Top 40 Largest Military Budgets
BILL SUMMARY: Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
Bill strengthens our deterrent capabilities and global readiness and supports our servicemembers and their families
Washington, D.C. – The Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Appropriations Act provides $831.781 billion in total funding.
P.S.
Nothing I’ve posted is classified information or would hurt our national security, it’s ALL available on public domains including those directly from both the alphabet boys and Pentagon.
Quote from : @Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
“Paying for medically unnecessary (not all are unnecessary) surgeries such as this and trans gender are taking away money from beans, bullets, bombs, fuel and other equipment that is necessary to give our brothers everything possible to win and come home. If they want and abortion then go get it, just not on Uncle Sugars dime!”
1.) Both men and women fight on the battlefield not just “our brothers”.
Not quite sure which U.S. Military you served in for you to make once again a narrow viewpoint.
Women Warriors
The ongoing story of integrating and diversifying the American armed forces
The U.S. military by the numbers
Today’s military is much more integrated along gender lines than at any time in the past. Women are no longer excluded from any type of combat mission: They are pilots and vehicle drivers and mechanics and infantry officers.
Department of Defense Releases Annual Demographics Report — Upward Trend in Number of Women Serving Continues
Dec. 14, 2022
In 2021, women made up 17.3% of the active-duty force, totaling 231,741 members; and 21.4% of the National Guard and reserves at 171,000 members. The year before, women made up 17.2% of the active-duty force and 21.1% of the Guard and reserve. Since 2017, the percentages of women in the active-duty and selected reserve have risen 1.1% and 1.8% respectively.
To capture data unique to women in active military service, the 2021 demographics profile features an interactive "Women in the Military" infographic to display key demographics related to their personal, family and military life.
"The over 3 million women who have served in or with the armed forces since the American Revolution have contributed immensely to the strength and resilience of our armed forces," said' Patricia Montes Barron, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy. "The annual demographics profile reports provide a lens on the ever-changing diversity of our armed forces, providing essential information for policymakers, researchers and other organizations who contribute to the readiness and well-being of the military community,"
The annual demographics report is available on Military OneSource.
SOURCE : https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3246268/department-of-defense-releases-annual-demographics-report-upward-trend-in-numbe/
It’s been 10 years since women were allowed to serve in combat. There’s a lot left to accomplish
OPINION CONTRIBUTORS 01/28/23 02:00 PM ET
In January 2013, during our final days in the Pentagon, we announced a historic decision — that the Department of Defense would overturn the “ground combat exclusion policy,” a Pentagon rule barring women from serving in direct combat ground units below the brigade level. One decade after lifting one of the last major barriers to equal opportunity in the U.S. Armed Forces, there is much to celebrate. There’s even more left to do.
For years we worked with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to address challenges facing women in the military. We assigned a senior Pentagon official and several of our senior military advisors the task of analyzing the impact of formally allowing women to serve in combat roles. In 2012, we opened more than 14,000 positions previously closed to female candidates. Yet while American women had been serving in battle since the Revolutionary War (with some 177 women in uniform killed in Afghanistan and Iraq in this century alone), the ground combat exclusion policy stubbornly endured, disqualifying women from some 200,000 positions across infantry, artillery and other combat roles.
SOURCE : https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3834021-its-been-10-years-since-women-were-allowed-to-serve-in-combat-theres-a-lot-left-to-accomplish/amp/
September 4, 2023
New Rules For Women In Combat
Congress recently authorized an expansion for the role played by female troops in combat zones.
There’s been a lot of attention paid to this, but it’s actually a relatively small change that only codified in law the reality on the ground for the last ten years. In reality, very little has changed.
Women are still barred from most combat arms professions – especially the infantry and tanks. What Congress did, here, was to allow women to serve in theater at the battalion level – which was thought to be too close to actual combat situations prior to Afghanistan and Iraq. Which means there are still 230,000 jobs – roughly one-fifth of the positions in the active component – in the military that are still off-limits to women purely because of the circumstances of their birth
SOURCE : https://militaryfamily.com/new-rules-for-women-in-combat/
2.) We have an unlimited funding for the military as a FACT, or we wouldn’t have funding to do off the books operations.
PENTAGON'S TOP SECRET 'BLACK' BUDGET HAS SKYROCKETED DURING REAGAN YEARS
Document Type:
CREST
Collection:
General CIA Records
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP90-00965R [login to see] 01-4
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
7
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
January 3, 2012
Sequence Number:
1
Case Number:
Publication Date:
March 1, 1986
Content Type:
OPEN SOURCE
File:
Attachment Size
CIA-RDP90-00965R [login to see] 01-4.pdf 741.96 KB
SOURCE : https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp90-00965r [login to see] 01-4
2a.). The FACT of unlimited funding comes up when the books don’t balance out according to congress.
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Department of Defense Releases 2020 Military Intelligence Program Budget
Oct. 21, 2020
The Department of Defense released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for FY 2020. The total MIP budget, which included both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations appropriations, was $23.1 billion and is aligned to support the National Defense Strategy.
The department has determined that releasing this top line figure does not jeopardize any classified activities within the MIP. No other MIP budget figures or program details will be released, as they remain classified for national security reasons
SOURCE : https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2388853/department-of-defense-releases-2020-military-intelligence-program-budget/
COUNTRIES
Mapped: World’s Top 40 Largest Military Budgets
BILL SUMMARY: Defense Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
Bill strengthens our deterrent capabilities and global readiness and supports our servicemembers and their families
Washington, D.C. – The Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Appropriations Act provides $831.781 billion in total funding.
P.S.
Nothing I’ve posted is classified information or would hurt our national security, it’s ALL available on public domains including those directly from both the alphabet boys and Pentagon.
Department of Defense Releases Annual Demographics Report — Upward Trend in Number of Wome
While the overall size of our military remained steady, the percentage of women serving on active duty and in the Reserve component continues to grow in both the enlisted and commissioned ranks.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
CPL LaForest Gray we are just gonna have to agree to disagree...have a good evening.
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Unborn Children Tax Claim :
1.) The requirement under subsection (h)(7) that the child be issued a SSN before the due date of tax filing additionally applies. In effect, only children born alive and issued SSNs between January 1 and April 15 (or October 15, if extended) can be claimed as unborn children for the tax year prior to birth.
SOURCE :
https://www.daines.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Child%20Tax%20Credit%20for%20Pregnant%20Moms%20Act%20of%202019%20One-Pager.pdf
2.) Can I Claim a Dependent While Pregnant?
Even though you are definitely supporting your baby during pregnancy, the baby must be born in order to be your dependent for tax purposes.
If you did not give birth on or before December 31 of a given tax year, you will have to wait until the following tax year to claim the baby as a dependent. In other words, if you gave birth after December 31, 2021, you will have to wait until 2023 to claim your baby as a dependent on your 2022 Tax Return.
If your baby is born on or before December 31, then he or she is considered to have been living with you for the entire year and may qualify to be your dependent on your return.
See the requirements for claiming a Qualifying Child as a dependent
SOURCE : https://www.efile.com/married-or-single-tax-filing-status-baby-boyfriend-pregnant-support/
1.) The requirement under subsection (h)(7) that the child be issued a SSN before the due date of tax filing additionally applies. In effect, only children born alive and issued SSNs between January 1 and April 15 (or October 15, if extended) can be claimed as unborn children for the tax year prior to birth.
SOURCE :
https://www.daines.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Child%20Tax%20Credit%20for%20Pregnant%20Moms%20Act%20of%202019%20One-Pager.pdf
2.) Can I Claim a Dependent While Pregnant?
Even though you are definitely supporting your baby during pregnancy, the baby must be born in order to be your dependent for tax purposes.
If you did not give birth on or before December 31 of a given tax year, you will have to wait until the following tax year to claim the baby as a dependent. In other words, if you gave birth after December 31, 2021, you will have to wait until 2023 to claim your baby as a dependent on your 2022 Tax Return.
If your baby is born on or before December 31, then he or she is considered to have been living with you for the entire year and may qualify to be your dependent on your return.
See the requirements for claiming a Qualifying Child as a dependent
SOURCE : https://www.efile.com/married-or-single-tax-filing-status-baby-boyfriend-pregnant-support/
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CPL LaForest Gray
The FACTS Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth that I posted shows not every women, young adult woman or teenager is just using abortive recourse for just making a bad decision/being irresponsible.
That should be clear for you to interpret seeing that you asked.
1.) Minnesota police investigator, Eric Gramentz, will serve only 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to three charges of raping children.
While the stated tweet is true to some extent, he has already served 1 year in prison. The 90 days is an extension given by the judge.
NewUlm, MN (KROC-AM News) - A former police investigator for a city in southern Minnesota has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for child sexual abuse.
A judge in Brown County has given 43-year-old Eric Gramentz a stayed prison sentence totaling more than 22 years that he could be ordered to serve if he does not meet the terms of his probation. The judge set the length of his probation at 25 years.
Read More: Former New Ulm Police Investigator Sentenced For Child Sex Abuse | https://kdhlradio.com/former-new-ulm-police-investigator-sentenced-for-child-sex-abuse/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Gramentz entered guilty pleas in January to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was accused of sexually assaulting a child who was 11 or 12 years old at the time.
The sexual abuse occurred in 2017 but the charges were not brought against Gramentz until last April when the victim confided with another person about the abuse and that person confronted the veteran New Ulm police officer.
SOURCE : https://kdhlradio.com/former-new-ulm-police-investigator-sentenced-for-child-sex-abuse/
2.) 14-year sentence for ex-cop who molested teen rape victim
A former New Orleans police officer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was already a rape victim
ByThe Associated Press
March 14, 2023, 3:59 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS -- A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was already a rape victim.
Federal prosecutors said Rodney Vicknair was a police officer in 2020 when he escorted a then-14-year-old victim to a hospital for a rape examination after she was assaulted by another man. Prosecutors said Vicknair offered to become the girl’s friend and mentor and often showed up at her house unannounced.
SOURCE : https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/14-year-sentence-cop-molested-teen-rape-victim-97861945
That should be clear for you to interpret seeing that you asked.
1.) Minnesota police investigator, Eric Gramentz, will serve only 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to three charges of raping children.
While the stated tweet is true to some extent, he has already served 1 year in prison. The 90 days is an extension given by the judge.
NewUlm, MN (KROC-AM News) - A former police investigator for a city in southern Minnesota has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for child sexual abuse.
A judge in Brown County has given 43-year-old Eric Gramentz a stayed prison sentence totaling more than 22 years that he could be ordered to serve if he does not meet the terms of his probation. The judge set the length of his probation at 25 years.
Read More: Former New Ulm Police Investigator Sentenced For Child Sex Abuse | https://kdhlradio.com/former-new-ulm-police-investigator-sentenced-for-child-sex-abuse/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
Gramentz entered guilty pleas in January to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was accused of sexually assaulting a child who was 11 or 12 years old at the time.
The sexual abuse occurred in 2017 but the charges were not brought against Gramentz until last April when the victim confided with another person about the abuse and that person confronted the veteran New Ulm police officer.
SOURCE : https://kdhlradio.com/former-new-ulm-police-investigator-sentenced-for-child-sex-abuse/
2.) 14-year sentence for ex-cop who molested teen rape victim
A former New Orleans police officer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was already a rape victim
ByThe Associated Press
March 14, 2023, 3:59 PM ET
NEW ORLEANS -- A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in federal prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who was already a rape victim.
Federal prosecutors said Rodney Vicknair was a police officer in 2020 when he escorted a then-14-year-old victim to a hospital for a rape examination after she was assaulted by another man. Prosecutors said Vicknair offered to become the girl’s friend and mentor and often showed up at her house unannounced.
SOURCE : https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/14-year-sentence-cop-molested-teen-rape-victim-97861945
Former New Ulm Police Investigator Sentenced For Child Sex Abuse
He was fired a short time after the charges were filed last year.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
CPL LaForest Gray - Again...the Majors post deals with military readiness. What do your responses have to do with that? Those are civilian cases...not military so there is not relevance to effects on National security. Society as a whole yes, but not military readiness or national security. If you want to make the case for National security and readiness then use DoD numbers to prove it is an issue. Not saying it isn't or can't be but there are no numbers to say it is. Just trying to stay on topic with respect to DoD.
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CPL LaForest Gray
US: Raped in Military - Then Punished
Thousands of United States service members, who lost their military careers after reporting a sexual assault, live with stigmatizing discharge papers that pr...
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
V1 : https://youtu.be/gQZO8v0B3Qc?si=kkU2WzE-B9fu35Y6
V2 : https://youtu.be/RlbKxOwSPPQ?si=Xm_DuiFAMfBKhNkd
V3 : https://youtu.be/pOpgws_4cG4?si=v9z2D8pTi4gXAbei
1.) Unintended Pregnancy and Contraception Among Active Duty Servicewomen and Veterans
Over 20% of all women veterans and 15% of OEF/OIF veterans reported being victims of military sexual trauma.39, 43 A survey of 130 military women with unintended pregnancy revealed that 4% were a result of rape.21 Further research among victims of military sexual trauma may reveal this to be a significant factor contributing to unintended pregnancy.
* Keywords: Military Women, Active Duty, Service women, Contraception, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Prevention, Unintended Pregnancy, Veterans
Active duty and veteran women are largely of childbearing age. Approximately 75% of new military recruits are under 22 years of age.19 In total, 42% of all female veterans are currently of childbearing age and over 90% of female veterans who served after 9/11/01 are between 18 and 44 years old.18 These women have reproductive health issues that may not be typically thought of when considering military and veteran health care.
Because of its potentially high burden for military women, as well as its impact on military operations, prevention of unintended pregnancy is one reproductive health issue of particular importance. Unintended pregnancy among active duty servicewomen can be problematic for several reasons. Deployed servicewomen with an unintended pregnancy may face significant obstacles in seeking timely prenatal care and even greater barriers to accessing safe abortion services.20–21 Furthermore, the military careers of women who become pregnant may be prematurely halted thus restricting their economic and professional achievements.26 For the military, unintended pregnancy is costly, limits unit readiness and results in decreased deployment of military recruits.22
Over 20% of all women veterans and 15% of OEF/OIF veterans reported being victims of military sexual trauma. A survey of 130 military women with unintended pregnancy revealed that 4% were a result of rape.
SOURCE : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361625/#:~:text=Over%2020%25%20of%20all%20women,victims%20of%20military%20sexual%20trauma.&text=A%20survey%20of%20130%20military,were%20a%20result%20of%20rape.
2.) IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military
April 27, 2023
Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) released the Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military.
This year's report, which is required annually by Congress, contains reporting data, military justice case outcomes, and updates on the DOD's efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault.
This year's report does not contain sexual assault prevalence data, which the Department assesses via scientific survey and allows the Department to better understand the full scope of the problem.
The Department's leaders are taking major actions and implementing unprecedented resources to prevent misconduct, assist victims with recovery, and hold offenders appropriately accountable.
The Department and Military Services continued to support and execute initiatives directed by the Secretary of Defense that impact the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response mission, including recommendations by the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military (IRC).
SOURCE : https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3376241/department-of-defense-releases-fiscal-year-2022-annual-report-on-sexual-assault/
2a.) UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 4000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-4000
APR 26202
PERSONNEL AND READINESS
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHIEFS OF THE MILITARY SERVICES
CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU COMMANDERS OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS DIRECTORS OF DEFENSE AGENCIES
DIRECTORS OF DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES
SUBJECT: Actions ot Address and Prevent Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment ni the Military
SOURCE : https://media.defense.gov/2023/Apr/27/ [login to see] /-1/-1/0/ACTIONS-TO-ADDRESS-MEMO.PDF
3.) Sexual Violence in the Military Often Goes Unreported
6,053 military members reported experiencing sexual assault during military service in FY 2018. DoD estimates about 20,500 service members experienced sexual assault that year.16
* DoD estimates 6.2% of active duty women and 0.7% of active duty men experienced sexual assault in FY 2018.
SOURCE : https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence
4.) Facts on Military Sexual Trauma and Statistics
Hill & Ponton P.A.
Updated: June 29, 2023
What is Military Sexual Assault?
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), sexual assault is defined as intentional sexual contact, characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, abuse of authority, or when the victim does not or cannot consent.
Sexual assault can occur without regard to gender or spousal relationship or age of the victim.
Sexual assault must involve physical contact.
DoD concluded that “sexual harassment is a leading factor affecting the unit climate on sexual assault.”
The majority of victims were harassed by someone in their chain of command. Veterans from all eras of service – from World War II to those who served more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan – have reported experiencing Military Sexual Trauma (MST).
What is considered Military Sexual Assault?
Sexual assault includes rape, forcible sodomy (oral or anal sex), and other unwanted physical contact of a sexual nature that is aggravated, abusive, or wrongful (including unwanted and inappropriate sexual contact) attempts to commit these acts.
Sexual assault and MST are pervasive problems in the United States Armed Forces.
The aftermath of sexual assault looks different for all MST survivors.
SOURCE : https://www.hillandponton.com/facts-on-military-sexual-trauma-and-statistics/
5.) Limiting Access to Reproductive Health Care May Undermine National Security
July 6, 2023
Recently, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 24 Defense Appropriations Bill (PDF). Included in the bill is a prohibition on the Department of Defense (DoD) using any of the funds to provide financial assistance and paid leave for service members and qualified family members who travel over state lines for abortion care. This would rescind a pair of recently implemented DoD policies designed to improve access to reproductive health care for service women and female dependents.
If passed, these prohibitions would likely impact tens of thousands of women on active duty. In September 2022, the RAND Corporation found that roughly 40 percent of women on active duty have either severely restricted access or no access at all to abortion care—based on the state in which they are stationed—as a result of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson in June 2022. The Dobbs decision removed the constitutional right to abortion, and it allowed states to determine the legality of abortion care. As a result, the landscape of access to legal abortion has changed: An update of RAND's September 2022 figure shows that the percentage of active-duty service women who have no or severely restricted access to abortion care has increased to 46 percent. This means that roughly half of all women currently serving in America's active-duty military have restricted access to the full suite of reproductive health care.
* Unlike most civilians, members of the military do not get to choose where they live. Many of the states with the largest populations of service members—Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas—also have complete bans or severe restrictions associated with abortion care. Service women stationed in these states have to travel hundreds of miles and incur great personal expense to receive abortion care.
Beyond abortion care, it is important to note that service women also struggle with access to the full suite of reproductive health care. Take, for instance, the headline-making shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) in Okinawa, Japan, or the delays in OB-GYN appointments at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. A 2020 survey of active-duty service women found that 13 percent waited more than four weeks to get an appointment with an OB-GYN in the Military Health System (MHS). When asked how often it was “easy” to get an appointment with an MHS OB-GYN, close to one-third said never.
SOURCE : https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/07/limiting-access-to-reproductive-health-care-may-undermine.html
Hooah Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
V1 : https://youtu.be/gQZO8v0B3Qc?si=kkU2WzE-B9fu35Y6
V2 : https://youtu.be/RlbKxOwSPPQ?si=Xm_DuiFAMfBKhNkd
V3 : https://youtu.be/pOpgws_4cG4?si=v9z2D8pTi4gXAbei
1.) Unintended Pregnancy and Contraception Among Active Duty Servicewomen and Veterans
Over 20% of all women veterans and 15% of OEF/OIF veterans reported being victims of military sexual trauma.39, 43 A survey of 130 military women with unintended pregnancy revealed that 4% were a result of rape.21 Further research among victims of military sexual trauma may reveal this to be a significant factor contributing to unintended pregnancy.
* Keywords: Military Women, Active Duty, Service women, Contraception, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Prevention, Unintended Pregnancy, Veterans
Active duty and veteran women are largely of childbearing age. Approximately 75% of new military recruits are under 22 years of age.19 In total, 42% of all female veterans are currently of childbearing age and over 90% of female veterans who served after 9/11/01 are between 18 and 44 years old.18 These women have reproductive health issues that may not be typically thought of when considering military and veteran health care.
Because of its potentially high burden for military women, as well as its impact on military operations, prevention of unintended pregnancy is one reproductive health issue of particular importance. Unintended pregnancy among active duty servicewomen can be problematic for several reasons. Deployed servicewomen with an unintended pregnancy may face significant obstacles in seeking timely prenatal care and even greater barriers to accessing safe abortion services.20–21 Furthermore, the military careers of women who become pregnant may be prematurely halted thus restricting their economic and professional achievements.26 For the military, unintended pregnancy is costly, limits unit readiness and results in decreased deployment of military recruits.22
Over 20% of all women veterans and 15% of OEF/OIF veterans reported being victims of military sexual trauma. A survey of 130 military women with unintended pregnancy revealed that 4% were a result of rape.
SOURCE : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361625/#:~:text=Over%2020%25%20of%20all%20women,victims%20of%20military%20sexual%20trauma.&text=A%20survey%20of%20130%20military,were%20a%20result%20of%20rape.
2.) IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Department of Defense Releases Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military
April 27, 2023
Today, the Department of Defense (DOD) released the Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military.
This year's report, which is required annually by Congress, contains reporting data, military justice case outcomes, and updates on the DOD's efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault.
This year's report does not contain sexual assault prevalence data, which the Department assesses via scientific survey and allows the Department to better understand the full scope of the problem.
The Department's leaders are taking major actions and implementing unprecedented resources to prevent misconduct, assist victims with recovery, and hold offenders appropriately accountable.
The Department and Military Services continued to support and execute initiatives directed by the Secretary of Defense that impact the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response mission, including recommendations by the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military (IRC).
SOURCE : https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3376241/department-of-defense-releases-fiscal-year-2022-annual-report-on-sexual-assault/
2a.) UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 4000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-4000
APR 26202
PERSONNEL AND READINESS
MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHIEFS OF THE MILITARY SERVICES
CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU COMMANDERS OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS DIRECTORS OF DEFENSE AGENCIES
DIRECTORS OF DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES
SUBJECT: Actions ot Address and Prevent Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment ni the Military
SOURCE : https://media.defense.gov/2023/Apr/27/ [login to see] /-1/-1/0/ACTIONS-TO-ADDRESS-MEMO.PDF
3.) Sexual Violence in the Military Often Goes Unreported
6,053 military members reported experiencing sexual assault during military service in FY 2018. DoD estimates about 20,500 service members experienced sexual assault that year.16
* DoD estimates 6.2% of active duty women and 0.7% of active duty men experienced sexual assault in FY 2018.
SOURCE : https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence
4.) Facts on Military Sexual Trauma and Statistics
Hill & Ponton P.A.
Updated: June 29, 2023
What is Military Sexual Assault?
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), sexual assault is defined as intentional sexual contact, characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, abuse of authority, or when the victim does not or cannot consent.
Sexual assault can occur without regard to gender or spousal relationship or age of the victim.
Sexual assault must involve physical contact.
DoD concluded that “sexual harassment is a leading factor affecting the unit climate on sexual assault.”
The majority of victims were harassed by someone in their chain of command. Veterans from all eras of service – from World War II to those who served more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan – have reported experiencing Military Sexual Trauma (MST).
What is considered Military Sexual Assault?
Sexual assault includes rape, forcible sodomy (oral or anal sex), and other unwanted physical contact of a sexual nature that is aggravated, abusive, or wrongful (including unwanted and inappropriate sexual contact) attempts to commit these acts.
Sexual assault and MST are pervasive problems in the United States Armed Forces.
The aftermath of sexual assault looks different for all MST survivors.
SOURCE : https://www.hillandponton.com/facts-on-military-sexual-trauma-and-statistics/
5.) Limiting Access to Reproductive Health Care May Undermine National Security
July 6, 2023
Recently, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 24 Defense Appropriations Bill (PDF). Included in the bill is a prohibition on the Department of Defense (DoD) using any of the funds to provide financial assistance and paid leave for service members and qualified family members who travel over state lines for abortion care. This would rescind a pair of recently implemented DoD policies designed to improve access to reproductive health care for service women and female dependents.
If passed, these prohibitions would likely impact tens of thousands of women on active duty. In September 2022, the RAND Corporation found that roughly 40 percent of women on active duty have either severely restricted access or no access at all to abortion care—based on the state in which they are stationed—as a result of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson in June 2022. The Dobbs decision removed the constitutional right to abortion, and it allowed states to determine the legality of abortion care. As a result, the landscape of access to legal abortion has changed: An update of RAND's September 2022 figure shows that the percentage of active-duty service women who have no or severely restricted access to abortion care has increased to 46 percent. This means that roughly half of all women currently serving in America's active-duty military have restricted access to the full suite of reproductive health care.
* Unlike most civilians, members of the military do not get to choose where they live. Many of the states with the largest populations of service members—Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas—also have complete bans or severe restrictions associated with abortion care. Service women stationed in these states have to travel hundreds of miles and incur great personal expense to receive abortion care.
Beyond abortion care, it is important to note that service women also struggle with access to the full suite of reproductive health care. Take, for instance, the headline-making shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) in Okinawa, Japan, or the delays in OB-GYN appointments at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. A 2020 survey of active-duty service women found that 13 percent waited more than four weeks to get an appointment with an OB-GYN in the Military Health System (MHS). When asked how often it was “easy” to get an appointment with an MHS OB-GYN, close to one-third said never.
SOURCE : https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/07/limiting-access-to-reproductive-health-care-may-undermine.html
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CPL LaForest Gray - Thanks...that's data I can get on board with.
However, I do not think that the military should pay for an abortion. If a woman wants one, she can take leave, pay for it herself and return to duty. This is not a medical necessity. No one walks into an abortion clinic and says I am dying becasue of this baby. If that is the case they go to the ER and hospital and then and only then it is not a choice...it is life or death and if that happens then I am ok for that stipulation. I am not for those that make the choice because it ruins thier career choice or goals or desires...that is not a medical necessity. Every dime we spend on unnecessary surgeries like this or gender transition etc takes away money from beans, bullets, fuel, equipment, modernization to give our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines the best possible chance to carry out thier mission with the highest probable chance to return home to their families. That directly impacts readiness and our warfighting capability.
I do think our women are not getting the proper OB/GYN care they need in the service. Even at our local clinic they have to go downtown to a local doc. We have the best trained and equipped force in the world (as of today) and we can't provide a basic medical service to our females...that has to change.
I alos have no place in my life for anyone that sexually assaults a woman...period. when that happens and it is investigated and found to be true, theper should be paraded infront of everyone, stripped of their rank, handcuffed and sent straight to Leavenworth immediately. That cannot ever be spun in a positive light and yes that does effect readiness. Breaks down trust and integrity in the rank and file.
Thanks again for the data...I will mine it away.
HOOOAH
However, I do not think that the military should pay for an abortion. If a woman wants one, she can take leave, pay for it herself and return to duty. This is not a medical necessity. No one walks into an abortion clinic and says I am dying becasue of this baby. If that is the case they go to the ER and hospital and then and only then it is not a choice...it is life or death and if that happens then I am ok for that stipulation. I am not for those that make the choice because it ruins thier career choice or goals or desires...that is not a medical necessity. Every dime we spend on unnecessary surgeries like this or gender transition etc takes away money from beans, bullets, fuel, equipment, modernization to give our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines the best possible chance to carry out thier mission with the highest probable chance to return home to their families. That directly impacts readiness and our warfighting capability.
I do think our women are not getting the proper OB/GYN care they need in the service. Even at our local clinic they have to go downtown to a local doc. We have the best trained and equipped force in the world (as of today) and we can't provide a basic medical service to our females...that has to change.
I alos have no place in my life for anyone that sexually assaults a woman...period. when that happens and it is investigated and found to be true, theper should be paraded infront of everyone, stripped of their rank, handcuffed and sent straight to Leavenworth immediately. That cannot ever be spun in a positive light and yes that does effect readiness. Breaks down trust and integrity in the rank and file.
Thanks again for the data...I will mine it away.
HOOOAH
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Known Predator Cop Admits To Raping Woman During Traffic Stop
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1.) Former Lithonia officer pleads guilty to raping woman while on duty
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
By Shaddi Abusaid, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 3, 2022
“A former Lithonia officer with a history of sexual assault allegations was sentenced to 25 years in prison after admitting to raping a woman less than a mile from his police station.
David Wilborn, 45, pleaded guilty Friday to rape, aggravated assault and two counts of false imprisonment in the 2019 rape during a traffic stop at Lithonia Park.
Authorities said Wilborn was on duty and in uniform when he forced the woman out of a car and raped her at gunpoint as her friend lay face down in front of the vehicle.”
SOURCE : https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/former-lithonia-officer-pleads-guilty-to-raping-woman-while-on-duty/AGDV6I3NZNHCNGG6BJEKCGRPAM/
2.) A cop raped a woman at gun point during a traffic stop.
Since this was in the south, pregnancy could kill her. He should be charged not only with rape, but attemped murder - unless he wore a condom and was 100% sure she could not become pregnant.
He had a history of sexual assault, and of a cover-up. They kept him on as a police offcer anyway.
At least he's going to prison now - finally.
SOURCE : https://xriddlemethisx.livejournal.com/1464192.html
3.) Traffic Stop Rape Conviction: Georgia cop sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual assault
David Wilborn was on duty when officials said he kept a car from leaving a Georgia park, ordered a woman to get out and raped her at gunpoint.
Updated: 7:56 AM EDT Jun 6, 2022
The Associated Press
{ DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A former police officer in suburban Atlanta pleaded guilty Friday to raping a woman during a 2019 traffic stop, with a judge sentencing him to 25 years in prison. }
SOURCE : https://www.wjcl.com/amp/article/georgia-traffic-stop-rape-gunpoint/40204466
4.) CRIME
Ex-Lithonia officer pleads guilty to raping woman during traffic stop, district attorney says
DeKalb DA Sherry Boston announced the guilty plea on Friday.
Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive)
Published: 9:34 PM EDT June 3, 2022
Updated: 9:34 PM EDT June 3, 2022
“LITHONIA, Ga. — An ex-Lithonia officer who had a prior sexual assault allegation while with the Atlanta Police Department pleaded guilty to raping a woman during a 2019 traffic stop, DeKalb County's district attorney said.
DeKalb DA Sherry Boston said in a release on Friday that 45-year-old David Wilborn pleaded guilty to charges including rape, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and more.”
SOURCE : https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/crime/david-wilborn-ex-lithonia-officer-rape-guilty-plea/85-0e2d4afc-3371-4973-8aa5-e41e3d25ccad
1.) Former Lithonia officer pleads guilty to raping woman while on duty
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
By Shaddi Abusaid, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 3, 2022
“A former Lithonia officer with a history of sexual assault allegations was sentenced to 25 years in prison after admitting to raping a woman less than a mile from his police station.
David Wilborn, 45, pleaded guilty Friday to rape, aggravated assault and two counts of false imprisonment in the 2019 rape during a traffic stop at Lithonia Park.
Authorities said Wilborn was on duty and in uniform when he forced the woman out of a car and raped her at gunpoint as her friend lay face down in front of the vehicle.”
SOURCE : https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/former-lithonia-officer-pleads-guilty-to-raping-woman-while-on-duty/AGDV6I3NZNHCNGG6BJEKCGRPAM/
2.) A cop raped a woman at gun point during a traffic stop.
Since this was in the south, pregnancy could kill her. He should be charged not only with rape, but attemped murder - unless he wore a condom and was 100% sure she could not become pregnant.
He had a history of sexual assault, and of a cover-up. They kept him on as a police offcer anyway.
At least he's going to prison now - finally.
SOURCE : https://xriddlemethisx.livejournal.com/1464192.html
3.) Traffic Stop Rape Conviction: Georgia cop sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual assault
David Wilborn was on duty when officials said he kept a car from leaving a Georgia park, ordered a woman to get out and raped her at gunpoint.
Updated: 7:56 AM EDT Jun 6, 2022
The Associated Press
{ DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A former police officer in suburban Atlanta pleaded guilty Friday to raping a woman during a 2019 traffic stop, with a judge sentencing him to 25 years in prison. }
SOURCE : https://www.wjcl.com/amp/article/georgia-traffic-stop-rape-gunpoint/40204466
4.) CRIME
Ex-Lithonia officer pleads guilty to raping woman during traffic stop, district attorney says
DeKalb DA Sherry Boston announced the guilty plea on Friday.
Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive)
Published: 9:34 PM EDT June 3, 2022
Updated: 9:34 PM EDT June 3, 2022
“LITHONIA, Ga. — An ex-Lithonia officer who had a prior sexual assault allegation while with the Atlanta Police Department pleaded guilty to raping a woman during a 2019 traffic stop, DeKalb County's district attorney said.
DeKalb DA Sherry Boston said in a release on Friday that 45-year-old David Wilborn pleaded guilty to charges including rape, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and more.”
SOURCE : https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/crime/david-wilborn-ex-lithonia-officer-rape-guilty-plea/85-0e2d4afc-3371-4973-8aa5-e41e3d25ccad
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