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siduri,

There are stats in the pdf file in the OPB text.

During Operation Desert Storm, more than 41,000 women were deployed, representing 7% of the deployed forces.

There are more than 100,000 who have served in the Iraq combat theatre, with 62 killed, of which 42 were under hostile conditions.

Today, there are approximately 194,930 women on active duty and over 146,000 serve in the Guard and Reserves.

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PTSD Physical Symptoms:

Irritable Bowel Syndrome - chronic diarrhea and/or constipation

Bruxism - Grinding teeth

GERD - acid reflux

Migraines/Headaches -

General pain -

shortness of breath - chest pain

Mental Symptoms:

Agorophobia

Loss of Focus and Concentration

• Intrusive, upsetting memories of the event
• Flashbacks (acting or feeling like the event is happening again)
• Nightmares (either of the event or of other frightening things)
• Feelings of intense distress when reminded of the trauma
• Intense physical reactions to reminders of the event (e.g. pounding heart, rapid breathing, nausea, muscle tension, sweating)

• Avoiding activities, places, thoughts, or feelings that remind you of the trauma
• Inability to remember important aspects of the trauma
• Loss of interest in activities and life in general
• Feeling detached from others and emotionally numb
• Sense of a limited future (you don’t expect to live a normal life span, get married, have a career)

• Difficulty falling or staying asleep
• Irritability or outbursts of anger
• Difficulty concentrating
• Hypervigilance (on constant “red alert”)
• Feeling jumpy and easily startled

• Anger and irritability
• Guilt, shame, or self-blame
• Substance abuse
• Depression and hopelessness
• Suicidal thoughts and feelings
• Feeling alienated and alone
• Feelings of mistrust and betrayal
• Headaches, stomach problems, chest pain

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US ARMY 1991-1995

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RAPE ALLEGATION CHECKLIST
Created by the US Pentagon and
Charles P. McDowell, Ph.D. USAF, OSI

Physical and Medical Evidence

25 Is the crime scene consistent with the story? Y N N=3.0
26 Does victim display any minor sharp weapon injuries (lacerations)? Y N Y=3.0
27 Is the condition of victim’s clothing consistent with her story? Y N N=3.0
28 Does victim present bruises from the assault which are inconsistent in color (age) with the time of the assault? Y N Y=0.5
29 Does victim display any cross-hatching scratches to the face? Y N Y=5.0
30 Does victim display shallow scratches to the face, neck, breasts, thighs or stomach? Y N Y=5.0
31 If scratches are present on the face or breasts, do they cross the eyes, lips or nipples? Y N N=3.0
32 Do any lacerations include hesitation wounds? Y N Y=5.0
33 Does victim display any writing on her body allegedly done by the assailant? Y N Y=5.0


Victim’s attitude

34 Does victim seem ambivalent toward her injuries? Y N Y=0.5
35 Does victim appear to feign emotions when relating details of the assault? Y N Y=0.5
36 Is victim reluctant to cooperate with law enforcement authorities? Y N Y=0.5
37 When telling about the assault, does victim have difficulty explaining anomalies or inconsistencies? Y N Y=0.5
38 Does victim demand to be treated by a female physician or interviewed by a female police officer? Y N Y=1.0
39 Does victim express a desire to “drop” the whole matter or otherwise indicate she does not want it investigated? Y N Y=1.0
40 Does victim become outraged when asked to corroborate her assault? Y N Y=1.0
41 Does victim try to steer the interview into “safe” topics or those that will engender sympathy? Y N Y=0.5

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RAPE ALLEGATION CHECKLIST
Created by the US Pentagon and
Charles P. McDowell, Ph.D. USAF, OSI

Assailant’s Communications

42 Does victim report receiving obscene phone calls prior to the assault? Y N Y=1.0
43 Does victim report receiving phone calls from the assailant after the assault? Y N Y=1.0
44 Does victim report receiving any kind of written communication from her assailant before, during, or after the assault? Y N Y=1.0
45 If victim has received a written communication, was it a “cut and paste” note? Y N Y=3.0
46 If victim has received written communication, does it contain any kind of rhyming scheme or take the form of poetry? Y N Y=3.0
47 Does victim report being watched (surveilled) by her assailant prior to the assault? Y N Y=0.5
48 Does the victim report being complimented by her assailant during the assault? Y N Y=0.5

Personality and Lifestyle Issues

49 Does victim report engaging in high risk behavior prior to her assault? Y N Y=2.0
50 Does victim have a history of alcohol abuse? Y N Y=3.0
51 Does victim have a history of financial problems? Y N Y=1.0
52 Does victim have a history of mental or emotional problems? Y N Y=3.0
53 Does victim have a significant medical history? Y N Y=2.0
54 Does victim report prior rapes or assaults? Y N Y=2.0
55 Does victim have a history of work-related problems? Y N Y=2.0
56 Does victim have problems in her interpersonal relationships (i.e., with her husband, boyfriend, or others)? Y N Y=3.0
57 Does the allegation solve a problem for the victim? Y N Y=5.0

McDowell’s first premise 60% of women are lying about being raped, despite the FBI’s national stats of 8% are false allegations.

* According to McDowell’s checklist the victim must score below a ZERO to be considered telling the truth about being raped.

SCORING SCALE:
0 - 15: EQUIVOCAL
16 - 35: ALLEGATION PROBABLY FALSE
36 - 75: FALSE ALLEGATION
76 + UP: OVERKILL

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Physical and Medical Evidence

25 Is the crime scene consistent with the story? Y N N=3.0
26 Does victim display any minor sharp weapon injuries (lacerations)? Y N Y=3.0
27 Is the condition of victim’s clothing consistent with her story? Y N N=3.0
28 Does victim present bruises from the assault which are inconsistent in color (age) with the time of the assault? Y N Y=0.5
29 Does victim display any cross-hatching scratches to the face? Y N Y=5.0
30 Does victim display shallow scratches to the face, neck, breasts, thighs or stomach? Y N Y=5.0
31 If scratches are present on the face or breasts, do they cross the eyes, lips or nipples? Y N N=3.0
32 Do any lacerations include hesitation wounds? Y N Y=5.0
33 Does victim display any writing on her body allegedly done by the assailant? Y N Y=5.0


Victim’s attitude

34 Does victim seem ambivalent toward her injuries? Y N Y=0.5
35 Does victim appear to feign emotions when relating details of the assault? Y N Y=0.5
36 Is victim reluctant to cooperate with law enforcement authorities? Y N Y=0.5
37 When telling about the assault, does victim have difficulty explaining anomalies or inconsistencies? Y N Y=0.5
38 Does victim demand to be treated by a female physician or interviewed by a female police officer? Y N Y=1.0
39 Does victim express a desire to “drop” the whole matter or otherwise indicate she does not want it investigated? Y N Y=1.0
40 Does victim become outraged when asked to corroborate her assault? Y N Y=1.0
41 Does victim try to steer the interview into “safe” topics or those that will engender sympathy? Y N Y=0.5

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RAPE ALLEGATION CHECKLIST
Created by the US Pentagon and
Charles P. McDowell, Ph.D. USAF, OSI
Suspect Description

18 Does victim report being assaulted by multiple assailants? Y N Y=0.5
19 Does victim report her assailant(s) as being of a different race or ethnic group? Y N Y=0.5
20 Does victim report keeping her eyes closed during the assault (and therefore not able to identify her assailant)? Y N Y=0.5
21 Does victim describe her assailant as having an unsavory appearance? Y N Y=0.5
22 Does victim report her assailant wore a mask? Y N Y=0.5
23 Does victim report her assailant wore gloves? Y N Y=0.5
24 Does victim describe her assailant as a person she knows or who is familiar to her but can’t provide a good physical description? Y N Y=3.0

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Here's the Checklist:

RAPE ALLEGATION CHECKLIST
Created by the US Pentagon and
Charles P. McDowell, Ph.D. USAF, OSI


Initial Complaint
Points
1 Was the complaint timely? Y N N=0.5
2 Was the initial complaint made by the victim to a friend? Y N Y=0.5
3 Were law enforcement authorities notified by someone other than the victim? Y N Y=3.0

Nature of the Allegation

4 Does victim report being abducted? Y N Y=0.5
5 Does victim report being intoxicated at the time of the assault? Y N Y=3.0
6 Does victim’s recollection of the details of the assault seem overly broad? Y N Y=0.5
7 Does victim report offering vigorous resistance to her assailant? Y N Y=3.0
8 Is victim able to identify or locate the scene of the assault? Y N N=3.0
9 Does victim report passing out or losing consciousness during the assault? Y N Y=0.5
10 Does victim report waking up (or coming to) and finding her assailant engaging in intercourse with her? Y N Y=0.5
11 Does victim have difficulty in describing the sexual details of the assault? Y N Y=0.5
12 Does victim report anal sex (sodomy)? Y N N=1.0
13 Does victim report forced oral sex (fellatio)? Y N N=0.5
14 Does victim’s story contain any significant changes in subsequent retelling? Y N Y=2.0
15 Does victim describe the assault in flat, unemotional tones? Y N Y=0.5
16 Does victim describe the assault with a sense of relish or enthusiasm? Y N Y=0.5
17 Does victim report being assaulted at gunpoint? Y N Y=3.0

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US ARMY 1991-1995  Multi post #1

I am going to be posting some documentation that I feel is important to understand before even getting into the conversation.

My comment about "sex" in the military - is that this is NOT sex, but a crime of power over an individual, and perhaps should have been titled "Gender in the Military" or "Military Sexual Assault/Trauma" (MST)

My background:

Fifteen years voluntarily helping men (who are raped, and constitute a higher number of assaults than the total number of women assaulted) and women who have been assaulted.  I have worked with 3,000+ men and women from WWII to today (only 2 new clients so far, and it isn't noon yet) both veterans and active duty.

If the crux of the issue is not addressed this will never change.

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Here is one of the big problems in the military with regards to MST:

This document was created to "help" law enforcement decide whether a rape allegation is credible. Very telling.

McDowell’s foundation work is used in the military and in civilian police departments, as McDowell himself testified in 1985 US Congressional Hearing on the rape of children, that children and military women are comparable in their honesty, they lie about being raped! According to McDowell’s testimony; of 1,218 cases studied, 460 were forcible rapes; 212 false allegations using this checklist, 546 could not be determined as rape or not, yet, McDowell put the 546 undetermined cases into the false allegation category or not raped. He “analysed rape investigations between 1970 – 1984, approx 341 of those cases were false reports.” Thus making McDowell’s stats of 60% of military women lie. But, McDowell’s false reports went from 212, to 341, and or plus 546? Hard to know how McDowell was counting.

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