Feds: Faked Mil Service Attempt to Cheat Mortgage
May 20, 2013
Orlando Sentinel
No lie was too big to tell for an Orlando woman who wanted a new home in Pensacola, but didn't want to pay the mortgage for her Orlando home, federal officials said.
Chantal M. Lanton, 37, of Orlando is accused of falsely claiming to be an officer in the United States Air Force who was being deployed to Germany when she let her home loan go into default in February 2011.
She did so in an attempt to receive foreclosure-protection benefits that are available for service members, federal officials said.
Lanton never served in the Air Force or any other branch of the U.S. military, officials said.
read more here
Monday, May 20, 2013
Pentagon estimated 13,000 males suffered military sexual abuse
How many like these men committed suicide that fall under the DOD's claim they were not deployed?
Male Military Rape Survivors Speak Out
May 18, 2013
UPI
Male survivors of rape while serving in the military say they are often deemed "liars and troublemakers" when they report abuse.
The Pentagon estimated about 13,000 of the 1.2 million men serving in the military suffered sexual assault last year, NBC News reported. About 12,100 of the 203,000 women in uniform were sexually assaulted on active duty last year.
The Defense Department has said men "report at much lower rates than female survivors." Brian Lewis, a rape survivor who served in the Navy, said that is because male survivors are "still viewed as having wanted it."
"As a culture, we've somewhat moved past the idea that a female wanted this trauma to occur, but we haven't moved past that for male survivors," Lewis said. "In a lot of areas of the military, men are still viewed as having wanted it or of being homosexual. That's not correct at all. It's a crime of power and control."
read more here
Controversy surrounding PTSD service dogs
Controversy surrounding service dogs
WISH News
Updated: Friday, 17 May 2013
Debby Knox
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Nick Bennett of Johnson County is an Iraq war veteran, who survived a rocket attack.
"I took an actual shell casing in my right shoulder, put shrapnel in my side, and my left arm and when I got spun around tore off the back of my hand."
He made it home to Indiana, in serious condition, continuing his rehab at the local VA Hospital.
Nick's physical pain lingers, and he'll soon get a service dog to help him with mobility issues. But he's also hoping the dog will help ease his post traumatic stress disorder.
"It's more than just companionship. It's a physical presence, like having your brother and sister in combat. Somebody's got your back."
read more here
WISH News
Updated: Friday, 17 May 2013
Debby Knox
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Nick Bennett of Johnson County is an Iraq war veteran, who survived a rocket attack.
"I took an actual shell casing in my right shoulder, put shrapnel in my side, and my left arm and when I got spun around tore off the back of my hand."
He made it home to Indiana, in serious condition, continuing his rehab at the local VA Hospital.
Nick's physical pain lingers, and he'll soon get a service dog to help him with mobility issues. But he's also hoping the dog will help ease his post traumatic stress disorder.
"It's more than just companionship. It's a physical presence, like having your brother and sister in combat. Somebody's got your back."
read more here
Lowell baby allegedly shaken by father dies
There has been an increase in "other than honorable discharges" from the military. So much for "resilience" training. It also happened the same year suicides tied to military service broke records. The same year veterans seeking help after military sexual abuse went up to 85,000 going to the VA. Attempted suicides went up as well as veterans going to the VA for help to stay alive after combat. So how is it that something like this keeps happening?
Lowell baby allegedly shaken by father dies
Boston Globe
By Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
MAY 18, 2013
A baby who was allegedly assaulted by his father in Lowell last week has died of his injuries, the Middlesex district attorney said Friday.
The 2-month-old child, William Berry, was pronounced dead Friday at Tufts Floating Hospital for Children after suffering injuries consistent with nonaccidental trauma, said Stephanie Chelf Guyotte, a spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan.
The boy’s father, Christopher Berry, 22, of Lowell, pleaded not guilty Monday in Lowell District Court to charges of assault and battery on a child causing substantial bodily injury, Guyotte said.
Prosecutors said at the time that they would pursue more serious charges against Berry if the child died.
read more here
85,000 veterans were treated last year by VA tied to military sexual abuse
AP IMPACT: Thousands of military sex abuse victims seek VA health care, disability benefits
By Associated Press
May 20, 3:41 AM
WASHINGTON — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as “’’shameful and disgraceful.”
A Department of Veterans Affairs accounting released in response to inquiries from The Associated Press shows a heavy financial and emotional cost involving vets from Iraq, Afghanistan and even back to Vietnam, and lasting long after a victim leaves the service.
Sexual assault or repeated sexual harassment can trigger a variety of health problems, primarily post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. While women are more likely to be victims, men made up nearly 40 percent of the patients the VA treated last year for conditions connected to what it calls “military sexual trauma.”
It took years for Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, to begin getting treatment from a VA counseling center in 2003 — 16 years after she was raped twice while she was stationed in Europe with the Navy. She continues to get counseling at least monthly for PTSD linked to the attacks and is also considered fully disabled.
“We can’t cure me, but we can work on stability in my life and work on issues as they arrive,” Moore said.
read more here
By Associated Press
May 20, 3:41 AM
WASHINGTON — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as “’’shameful and disgraceful.”
A Department of Veterans Affairs accounting released in response to inquiries from The Associated Press shows a heavy financial and emotional cost involving vets from Iraq, Afghanistan and even back to Vietnam, and lasting long after a victim leaves the service.
Sexual assault or repeated sexual harassment can trigger a variety of health problems, primarily post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. While women are more likely to be victims, men made up nearly 40 percent of the patients the VA treated last year for conditions connected to what it calls “military sexual trauma.”
It took years for Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, to begin getting treatment from a VA counseling center in 2003 — 16 years after she was raped twice while she was stationed in Europe with the Navy. She continues to get counseling at least monthly for PTSD linked to the attacks and is also considered fully disabled.
“We can’t cure me, but we can work on stability in my life and work on issues as they arrive,” Moore said.
read more here
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)