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Post by #nolongervictimsadmin on Aug 14, 2013 16:55:29 GMT -8
It's a question we all face. Are you going to get out of the military because of what happened? Or are you going to try to stay in the military?
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Post by The heart of stone on Aug 15, 2013 8:21:55 GMT -8
After my incident, reading yours, participating as a victim advocate and the SAPR POC, I want to stay. If I was to get out, who would fight to keep all the "fresh meat" safe and guided? I want to show those who stay in after a sexual assault and those who thankfully have not experienced it that the NAVY is better than that. It kills me inside to know that because of a horrible situation the navy in peoples eyes are tainted.
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Post by #nolongervictimsadmin on Aug 15, 2013 13:38:33 GMT -8
I commend you for staying in. I sign my medboard paperwork tomorrow because I'm still too scared to be around military men. I know not all military men are bad however being an engineer and having to be on a ship and nonstop deployments would keep putting me in that terrible situation time & time again. I still want to help and make sure no one else has to go though what I did but mentally I don't feel as though I could stay in. My panic attacks got too bad with the shore duty command I was assigned to for LIMDU that I had to go to the ER almost every week. So it seems to me I really have no option to stay in even if I wanted to. Which greatly upsets me because I liked my job & I liked feeling like I was doing something with my life that was for the greater good protecting the country.
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Post by me on Sept 16, 2013 13:21:56 GMT -8
Definitely getting out. Even if the assault hadn't happened I'm not sure I would have wanted to stay in. I hate how women are treated in the military even without the assault we're still treated as useless no matter how hard we try. I realize this is not always the case however I have seen it a lot and I just want to go back to when I was happy and in control of my own life. But kudos and good luck to anyone continuing their journey with the military, I hope your road will have lots of daisies along the way  |
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