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Lars77

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Sat Aug 4, 2012, 11:11 AM Aug 2012

Inside Story Americas - The US military scandal: A culture of rape?



Two US air force trainers have been sentenced in connection with a widening sexual abuse scandal at one of the busiest military training centers in the nation. We ask how widespread sexual misconduct and abuse can be tackled in the US armed forces.
And why has the Pentagon failed to curb sexual misconduct and abuse in the armed forces?
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Inside Story Americas - The US military scandal: A culture of rape? (Original Post) Lars77 Aug 2012 OP
Been there. The American public needs to understand that military culture is NOT patrice Aug 2012 #1

patrice

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1. Been there. The American public needs to understand that military culture is NOT
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 11:17 AM
Aug 2012

the same as civilian culture in some very fundamental ways.

We can know some pretty high level things about it, but it IS its own thing. That's not an excuse for anything, just a caution for understanding of what's going on there.

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