Tag Archives: Military
To serve and protect: Increasing number of homeless female vets
TweetEvery few weeks a story breaks into the news about homeless veterans. As though our collective consciousness can’t really handle a frequency much greater than that. This week, it’s a story of Kenya Smith, who served in the Navy for 14 years. Smith lost her home to foreclosure recently and joins the 14% of the [...]
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Australian Army opens combat positions to women
TweetYesterday, the Australian Army announced that it will become the third army in the world to allow women to fight in combat positions. The policy change is expected to be implemented within five years. The change is especially notable because it’s apparently the last thing standing between Australia and complete adherence to the UN convention [...]
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Yet another sexual violence scandal at the Australian Defence Force Academy
TweetEarlier this year, as you might recall, a scandal broke at the Australian Defence Force Academy: several male cadets were disciplined for filming a consensual sex act between two of their peers and distributing, without the consent of the woman in question, via Skype. Today news broke of yet another sexual assault or harassment scandal [...]
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Navy to disallow on base same-sex weddings.
TweetDue to pressure from Republican lawmakers the Navy is set to reverse it’s decision on allowing military chaplains to officiate same-sex marriages on navy bases. via the Advocate. In an April 13 memo on “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal training, Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, Chief of Navy Chaplains, clarified that base facilities are “sexual [...]
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Women at Australian Defence Force Academy treated as “game,” inquiry finds