Women at War:When the enemy is one of your own

In response to my post on When the enemy is one of your own

Subject: Fw: [Wounded Times] Women at War: When the enemy is one of your ownTRIGGER


KATHIE IS A VERY DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AND ALL VETERANS.. 8 YEARS AGO WHEN I BEGAN TO CONTACT OTHERS WHO WERE IN MY WAC COMPANY AT FORT RITCHIE AND FORT MCCLELLAN TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE THERE... SOMETHING UNEXPECTED OCCURRED... THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY MY EMPLOYER (IRS POD IN ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS)..WAS UNDERGOING A REDUCTION IN FORCE (RIF) NATIONALLY. OUR JOBS WERE BEING OUTSOURCED ( I WAS A GS12/9 COMPUTER SYSTEM ANALYST WITH OVER 29 YEARS OF SERVICE INCLUDING 7 YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY).

AND ONCE AGAIN I WAS IN A HOSTILE WORK PLACE BEING STALKED AND HARRASSED BY A LOWER GRADE EMPLOYEE (HE ALSO STALKED OTHER WOMEN AND MEN ON THE SHIFT). MANAGEMENT DID NOTHING EVEN THOUGH MANY FILED EEO,TIGTA, AND GRIEVANCES AGAINST MANAGEMENT. THEY NOT ONLY FAILED TO STOP THIS BUT THEY CONDUCTED A DAILY ROUTINE OF HARRASSING THOSE WHO FILED AGAINST THEM MAKING ME A PRIME TARGET.

THESE SAME MANAGERS WERE THE ONES WHO DISMISSED THESE ACTIONS AS UNTIMELY FILED... GEE ALLOWING THOSE, WHO THESE CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST, TO HEAR THE CASE FOR THEIR DISMISSAL ?????? I DO NOT THINK THAT IS WHAT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTENDED WHEN PASSING THE LAWS PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS AND A PROTECTION AGAINST A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT....

AS I WAS PRESENTING DOCUMENTS UPON DOCUMENTS TO PROVE ALL MY ACTIVE DUTY TIME AND ONCE AGAIN PROVING MY DISABLED SERVICE CONNECTED FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISABILITY.. AND MY PRIORITY ONE CLASSIFICATION VET STATUS.. THE DAILY HARRASSMENT TOOK ME BACK TO A TIME AND PLACE WHEN I WAS RAPED AND ASSUALTED ON ACTIVE DUTY PLUS MANY OTHER EVENTS... AND MY PTSD WENT INTO FULL RAGE. I INFORMED ALL AGENCIES THAT I COULD NOT BE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE I FEARED FOR MY LIFE AND COULD NOT PROTECT MYSELF AGAINST THIS MAN WHO THREATEND TO KILL ME AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SECOND SHIFT. I, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, SPOKE OF THIS TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THEY NEVER KNEW. THEN I WENT THROUGH "WASTING", LOSS OF WEIGHT FROM 145 LBS TO 98 LBS... THE POISONS STAYED IN MY BODY FAT AND ONCE AGAIN ENTERED INTO MY BLOOD STREAM.

IT WAS DURING THAT TIME I WAS TRYING TO HELP OTHER VETERANS GET BACK THERE ACTIVE DUTY TIME THAT WAS REMOVED BY PERSONEL.... INCLUDING SOME OF MY OWN. THEN THE NIGHTMARES CAME BACK. THE PAIN, INABILITY TO SLEEP OR SLEEPING TOO MUCH. MY PAIN MEDICATION HAD TO BE INCREASED AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME CRYING... FACES, NAMES, SMELLS .. FEAR...

I THOUGHT, OH MY GOD, IF THIS WAS HAPPENING TO ME THEN WHAT ABOUT ALL THE REST??? SLOWLY AT FIRST I WAS CONTACTED BY OTHER VETERANS FROM ALL ERAS AND BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE... MANY HAD THE SAME SYMTOMS THAT I HAD FROM CHEMICAL EXPOSURE AND MANY, MANY WERE ALSO ASSAULTED ON ACTIVE DUTY . I CALLED MY FAMILY TOGETHER ( 4 BROTHERS, SEVEN SISTERS AND MY 80 YEAR OLD MOTHER). I TOLD THEM WHAT I HAD TO DO WAS GO TO WASHINGTON AND APPEAR BEFORE THE VA DISABILITY COMMISSION AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AND WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO HEAR. PRIOR TO THE WASTING NO ONE KNEW HOW SICK I WAS. NOW IT IS VERY VISUAL...

AND OVER 200 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE CONTACTED ME. NO, YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

AND THERE ARE MANY LIKE KATHIE, JANICE, SARAH, PAUL, CARL AND THOUSANDS MORE WHO STAND BY US IN THIS BATTLE. YOU ARE AMONG FRIENDS...

I HAVE CONTACTED MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THESE TOPICS... BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I WAS TOLD
HE/SHE CAN NOT HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT DISTRICT... LAST WEEK I WAS INVITED TO ATTEND A ROUNTABLE MEETING FOR SOMEONE RUNNING FOR THE SENATE.. I TOOK A BOX FULL OF STATEMENTS AND OTHER MATERIALS... WELL THE MEETING WAS OVER AN HOUR LATE GETTING STARTED.. THE SPEECH WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND MOST FOLKS LEFT. I SAT THERE WITH MY PORTABLE DVD PLAYING "THE VOICE WOMAN AT WAR". THE STAFF CLEARED THE ROOM OF TABLES AND CHAIRS AND I WAITED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. A CAMPAIGN STAFFER CAME OVER AND SAID THERE IS NO TIME FOR YOU!! I ONLY NEED 5 TO TEN MINUTES" NO TIME FOR YOU.. THAN WHY WAS I ASKED TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE??????????????? (PHOTO OP)

HAVE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY CALL THE FOLLOWING ELECTED OFFICALS. IF THEY HAVE NO TIME FOR US OR WILL NOT EVEN SPEAK TO A DISABLED VETERAN..THAN WE HAVE NO TIME FOR THEM...

WE ARE WARRIORS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WE DEFEND THE COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF WHAT DISTRICT THEY ARE IN.

THE FOLLOWING ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE PROMISED TO GIVE THE VETERANS OF OUR COUNTRY WHAT WE ARE ENTITLED TO AND CORRECT THE WRONGS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE TO US... I SPOKE TO JOHN TIERNEY ON THE PHONE WHEN I WAS IN D.C. AND SPENT OVER 50 MINTUES TALKING TO HIS AIDE GOING OVER ALL THE STATEMENTS I BROUGHT TO D.C. .... PLEASE CONTACT THEM AND TELL THEM WE NEED JUSTICE NOW AND WE CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL JANUARY... NOT ONLY TO CORRECT THE SPIN CODES USED TO REMOVE WARRIORS FROM HONORABLE DISCHARGES BUT TO REINSTATE THE RANK WHICH WE WOULD OF RECEIVED AND THE SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITY RATING FOR THESE CONDITIONS:



JOHN TIERNEY 1-978-531-1669 1-202-225-8020
JANE HARMAN 1-310-549-8282 1-202-225-8220
HILLARY CLINTON 1-518-431-0120 1-202-224-4451
CAROL SHEA PORTER 1-603-397-3190
JOHN HALL 1-202-225-9756

SEMPER FI DUTY HONOR COUNTRY

IRISH BRESNAHAN


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