Ok, I'm just now hearing about the Lavena Johnson story and I'm pissed

[GusFring]

How did we allow this to happen in the US army? Why do we allow the military to police itself?

[Delphinus]

1. Afraid

this will get lost ... kicking.

[Ilsa]

2. Cliff notes:

Nineteen year-old Army PFC LaVena Johnson was found dead on a military base in Balad, Iraq in 2005. The U.S. Army ruled Lavena's death a suicide, but an autopsy report and photographs revealed Johnson had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals, and a gunshot wound that seemed inconsistent with suicide. LaVena’s father, John Johnson, shares his family’s fight to get answers from the military about his daughter’s death.

https://www.protectourdefenders.com/the-johnson-family-story/

I remember stories from then. The army and Blackwater had barbarians in some areas. One woman was gang raped and beaten so badly, they left her for dead. She required a hysterectomy and plastic surgery.

[SheltieLover]

3. K&R!

[Solomon]

4. K&R