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| Want to know the truth? Read what this has been like for Spc. Swift and her family |
| Spc. Swift, facing a redeployment to Iraq while serving under the command of the same individuals that allowed her to be raped and sexual harassed, suffered a breakdown due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and went absent without leave rather than subject herself to the horrors she experienced during her first tour of duty. |
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| We feel that the outcome of Suzanne's case was abominable not phenomenal |
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LaVena Johnson - 1985-2005
| This is PFC LaVena Johnson in her 2004 Hazelwood Central HS graduation picture. She died in Iraq in July 2005 just a few days short of her 20th birthday. The Army ruled it a suicide, but her family says foul play was involved. |
| Justice for PFC LaVena Johnson |
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Read the latest
update from MOM:
update from MOM:
The Birth of an Activist
As Suzanne and I attended the rally for Lt.
Ehren Watada on the first day of his court
martial, she turned to me and said, “ Mom,
where are the kids my age? Where is my
generation?” I replied that if it had not been
for what she had been through she would not
be there protesting with me. She would be
home sleeping or actively involved in the self-
centered life of a normal twenty two year old.
Has Suzanne learned a lesson from this
terrible experience? Oh yes, she has. The
Army has taken a semi apathetic self
centered teenager and turned her into a
fierce warrior for peace and justice. As we
keep saying or I should say, chanting,
everything happens for a reason. I said this
the entire time Suzanne was in Iraq. I knew
she was there for a higher purpose; she was
walking through the fire to come out the other
side truly changed.
Click here to read the rest of the update...
As Suzanne and I attended the rally for Lt.
Ehren Watada on the first day of his court
martial, she turned to me and said, “ Mom,
where are the kids my age? Where is my
generation?” I replied that if it had not been
for what she had been through she would not
be there protesting with me. She would be
home sleeping or actively involved in the self-
centered life of a normal twenty two year old.
Has Suzanne learned a lesson from this
terrible experience? Oh yes, she has. The
Army has taken a semi apathetic self
centered teenager and turned her into a
fierce warrior for peace and justice. As we
keep saying or I should say, chanting,
everything happens for a reason. I said this
the entire time Suzanne was in Iraq. I knew
she was there for a higher purpose; she was
walking through the fire to come out the other
side truly changed.
Click here to read the rest of the update...
*Click on the comic to see the full strip on Sexual Trauma in the military.
| Thank you to all the groups and individuals that supported and continue to support Suzanne and her family! Click HERE to see a list of groups supporting women that speak out against Rape |