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Posted by: MyWayOnNow 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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It took Diane Pickel Plappert six months to tell a counselor that she had been raped while on duty in Iraq. While time passed, the former Navy nurse disconnected from her children and her life slowly unraveled.

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MyWayOnNow4 weeks, 1 day ago

"Even as women distinguish themselves in battle alongside men, they're fighting off sexual assault and harassment. It's not a new consequence of war. But the sheer number of women serving today - more than 190,000 so far in Iraq and Afghanistan - is forcing the military and Department of Veterans Affairs to more aggressively address it."
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sadie86862 weeks, 6 days ago

Bad very bad it's a reducible thing .
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