Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day May 30th is Military Sexual Trauma Awareness Day(http://stopmilitaryrape.org/awareness_day) I believe that my rapist left me a gift beyond the pitiful attempt at showing his manhood beyond the night terrors, flashbacks, triggers,hyper-vigilance to name a few. The rapist infected me with HPV or human papilloma virus. HPV is a virus that is [...]
My beloved Irish has been dead for a year. I have now flowed into a life in which she will not call me at all hours of night. I will not hear her rationalize to me that her time is limited on this Earth. I miss her smoky down in the belly laugh that left [...]
(January 22, 2010)—Despite the fact cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent curable if detected in the early stages, an estimated one-third of the more than 10,000 women diagnosed with the disease each year will die from it. In an effort to raise cervical health awareness, VeteransToday Staff Writer PB Rose and cervical cancer survivor, is [...]
By PB Rose Recently, I went to the Veterans For Peace convention in Maryland and attended some very interesting workshops. The workshop that has angered and resonated the most with me was the Military Sexual Trauma workshop. I am angry that this workshop has to be held. I am angry that 1 in 3 [...]
By PB Rose Roughly twenty months ago, Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach’s burned body was found in the backyard of Cesar Lauren’s home. The very same home he shared with his wife and children. LCpl Lauterbach was 8 months pregnant and the Department of Defense Armed Forces Institues of Pathology DNA experts concluded on May 7 [...]
by P.B. Rose, Staff Writer I was back at Arlington National Cemetary today. Irish’s final grave marker had been placed. There were more soldiers with her. The trash/buttcan was still there. Which is good. Irish was a chainsmoker and she would need that. What she wouldn’t need to see was the small American flag that was lying [...]
Just today I learned that the Women In Military Service for America (WIMSA)memorial may shut down due to lack of funding. WIMSA is privately funded and without your help this beautiful facility will close. For those that have not seen it, WIMSA is at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetary in Washington, DC. I find [...]
Two weeks ago, I buried a hero at Arlington National Cemetery. Her name was CPT Agnes "Irish" Bresnahan, SC, WAC, 1971-1977. Her death was due to wounds she received in combat. Her war was with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Irish was the only female, to my knowledge, who has ever been service connected for [...]
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