by Steven Walker

Created on: July 12, 2008   Last Updated: September 09, 2008

I served during three different decades in United States military, the 70s, 80s, and 90s. During that time, not one rape occurred during any of my commands. Of course there will be people, mostly civilians, who hate the military, who will tell me that rapes occurred, but I knew nothing about them. In fact, if one were to look at the FBI statistics during any 10 year period concerning rape, one would find hundreds of thousands of rapes occurring in the civilian society. One would say, that rape is condoned in the civilian society.

During my years at Kent State as a college student, gang rapes occurred, and females too drugged up and drunk were sexually exploited. The reason why I know this took place was because I was a security aid for the girls dorms. In fact at Kent State, violence was condoned, traitorous activities were condoned, drugs were condoned, and personal destruction of property was condoned.

The military does not condone drugs, traitorous activities, rapes, destruction of personal property,(unless it's the enemy) and vigorously applies UCMJ to such activities.
I'am not saying that rape does not occur in the military, but it is an insult to every military person to say, that it is condoned by all the leaders in the chain of command. Anecdotal evidence must not be used to say that rape is condoned. In the civilian society, all one has to do is check the FBI statistics, and one will be overwhelmed by the horrific rapes of men and women.

I find it amazing that article titles like this title is arbitrarily listed as if it is a fact. To be fair, I have seen the very best and the very worst in my Marines. I have seen them drunk, stumble out of whorehouses, stumble out of bars, get in vicious fights with each other, which in the end resulted in general court-martials. Their discipline is harsh, and the supervision of these Marines is handled by several NCOs and officers. They know if they get into trouble, they will be disciplined and they will not like the results. Rape is a capital crime, resulting in a general courts-martial, and the possible penalty of death.

With the advent of more females in the military, sexual problems between males and females occurs. They work together, they drink together, and sometimes they're stationed in isolated areas of the world. This closeness results in pregnancies, many marriages and broken relationships. The bigger problem occurs when male and female military personnel have different sexual partners and jealousies overcome common sense. This problem causes many NCOs and officers, tremendous headaches. It also causes tremendous morale problems in the ranks. One must remember that sex in the military is more readily available and cheaper then the civilian world. All you have to do is ask any military personnel, and they will explain how easy it is to satiate their sexual desire, without the need to rape each other.

Those in the military have higher standards than most their civilian counterparts. They must not have a felony or misdemeanor, be in great physical shape, pass a mental test, before they're allowed to enter the military. Some even have had to go through a background investigation. Once in the military, they are trained in honor and probity. They are given lessons on manners, and how to conduct themselves in public, while in uniform. Civilians soon must quit stereotyping military personnel as high on testosterone and needing to prove their manhood on an hourly basis.

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