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As the Author of the #1 Amazon National-International Best Seller War Memoir “Battling the Storm Within” about living 20 years undiagnosed with PTSD, MST and the GWI. My mission is to empower others to address their own personal traumas, be healed, restored and live again. I believe in telling the truth, living the truth and being the truth. I will share the truth for it sets you free. I have battled my storm that was within me and won, so can you! Peace and blessings Sgt. Stephanie J. Shannon

Sunday, October 12, 2014

US Marine Jeremiah Arbogast: male rape in military is 'about power' - (Video)

" The hostility and venomous response the topic of sexual trauma and rape in the military brings up, especially with men from my era, is revealing. This opposition speaks to their guilt and toward the truth that stays hidden." ~~ Diane

Who is at risk? EVERYONE!!! Military sexual assault does not discriminate against race, religion or gender.

There were 3,553 sexual assault complaints reported to the Defense Department in the first three quarters of the fiscal year, from October 2012 thru June 2013. That is nearly a 50 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. ----- New York Times, November 2013

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