Posted on Mar 17, 2021
The National Guard welcomes and promotes women. That is, until they report a sexual assault.
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"Teresa James faced a colossal mission: evacuate 1,500 military workers while moving thousands of trucks and tents off an American air base in central Iraq.
Working under occasional enemy fire, James orchestrated the move in 45 days — a task commanders called “Herculean,” awarding her the Bronze Star in 2010.
It was just one of many accolades James had received as an officer in the National Guard. Her performance reviews year after year had been stellar. One in 2001 called her “exceptionally exemplary.” Another said: “Promote now!”
But that all changed in 2012, when James reported being raped by a superior officer.
Suddenly her performance reviews went from glowing to subpar. One supervisor wrote that James had “communication difficulties” and “made some decisions which caused me to question her judgment.”
She was denied a promotion to colonel and reluctantly took an early medical retirement, ending her military career with the West Virginia National Guard.
“You go from hero to zero in a matter of hours after you report this thing,” James said."
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"Teresa James faced a colossal mission: evacuate 1,500 military workers while moving thousands of trucks and tents off an American air base in central Iraq.
Working under occasional enemy fire, James orchestrated the move in 45 days — a task commanders called “Herculean,” awarding her the Bronze Star in 2010.
It was just one of many accolades James had received as an officer in the National Guard. Her performance reviews year after year had been stellar. One in 2001 called her “exceptionally exemplary.” Another said: “Promote now!”
But that all changed in 2012, when James reported being raped by a superior officer.
Suddenly her performance reviews went from glowing to subpar. One supervisor wrote that James had “communication difficulties” and “made some decisions which caused me to question her judgment.”
She was denied a promotion to colonel and reluctantly took an early medical retirement, ending her military career with the West Virginia National Guard.
“You go from hero to zero in a matter of hours after you report this thing,” James said."
The National Guard welcomes and promotes women. That is, until they report a sexual assault.
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Sexual Assault
Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
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One of the problems with a traumatic event like rape, physical assault etc is it alters people. Did James change as a result? In no way is it James fault but did her performance actually change? I watched an interview with Mike Tyson and was very impressed by how much Cus D’Amato mentored and helped Tyson. When asked how he dealt with losing he said D’Amato told him it wasn’t personal. Move on if you lose. I don’t think Rape can be shrugged off. I am not excusing the rape etc.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
I would never use Mike Tyson when you're talking about rape/sexual assault. Just saying...
Also - people can learn to deal with the trauma of rape yes. It doesn't make it right - and it doesn't make retaliation ok.
Also - people can learn to deal with the trauma of rape yes. It doesn't make it right - and it doesn't make retaliation ok.
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LTC David Brown
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff - You miss my point. Was James performance effected by her rape? Were her performance evaluations accurate? Did she get counseling to deal with the trauma effectively Again, I am not blaming her.
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