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Conduct Unbecoming: Rape, Torture, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from Military Commanders
It is not just in recent years newspapers have carried headlines of those dishonoring the uniform by raping innocent civilians, fellow students at Academies, trainees, or fellow service members. Savage beatings, sodomy, rape, cruelty, mistreatment, and murder are just part of the headlines that reach all the way up to the top commanding officers and generals. When these heinous crimes are tolerated, unity and the very integrity of the services suffer. This historical account, Conduct Unbecoming, along with this author’s own history will awaken a sleeping nation to how its women have continued to suffer in the Armed services.
Follow this author through her expose of rape, torture, and corruption by her own military commanders, to her struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the “Kabuki dance” with the adversarial veterans administration of denials, cruelty, and retraumatization. She courageously fought evil and prevailed!
A military culture that perpetuates Conduct Unbecoming causes a disconnect from the military’s mission and those who would serve honorably. Allowing moral turpitude to go underground to the extent that it has, adversely affects good order and discipline and brings dishonor on the military organizations these men serve.This author refuses to be silenced for behavior that has continued nearly four decades unabated!
Follow this author through her expose of rape, torture, and corruption by her own military commanders, to her struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the “Kabuki dance” with the adversarial veterans administration of denials, cruelty, and retraumatization. She courageously fought evil and prevailed!
A military culture that perpetuates Conduct Unbecoming causes a disconnect from the military’s mission and those who would serve honorably. Allowing moral turpitude to go underground to the extent that it has, adversely affects good order and discipline and brings dishonor on the military organizations these men serve.This author refuses to be silenced for behavior that has continued nearly four decades unabated!
- GenresMental Health
195 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 3, 2013
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December 30, 2013
Excellent. Its partly her person story but she's also a psychotherapist so much of the second half explains more about PTSD and the effect on others.
She also talks in detail about abuse of power/authority and retraumatization, and explains the horrific treatment she had from the claims department of the VA and how the DAV (who should be helping vets) are in fact pretty hopeless.
It's clear the US military needs to make a lot of changes... from any point of view being raped and abused by the military whilst on US soil is a criminal matter and needs a proper legal investigation & court case. The "Feres doctrine" prevents this.
There's so much in this book and it's one I will be thinking about for some time. I bought it after seeing the excellent reviews on amazon, they're not wrong.
She also talks in detail about abuse of power/authority and retraumatization, and explains the horrific treatment she had from the claims department of the VA and how the DAV (who should be helping vets) are in fact pretty hopeless.
It's clear the US military needs to make a lot of changes... from any point of view being raped and abused by the military whilst on US soil is a criminal matter and needs a proper legal investigation & court case. The "Feres doctrine" prevents this.
There's so much in this book and it's one I will be thinking about for some time. I bought it after seeing the excellent reviews on amazon, they're not wrong.
February 5, 2014
A difficult book to read, but one worth reading. Solid psychological research on the impact of abuse and it's far reaching effects.
January 14, 2022
Long winded, rambling brutally honest of her rape and subsequent abuse by the VA. Jumps around a lot.
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