volunteering on the GI Rights Hotline (counseling service for GIs at 1-800-394-9544 or www.girights.org) is a education in how our U.S. military functions and how it breaks down (some) people's spirits.
Here is a recent article about general resistance to the military
My last article about the goings on at Ft. Hood can be read here before catching up on the news, below.
"Tom" turned himself in at Ft. Sill, OK, after being AWOL for 9 months. He was shipped back to Ft. Hood about 10 days ago. Since that time he has waited for (1) a uniform (2) blankets for his bed; sheets would be nice too, but, hey, he's not that fussy so blankets would suffice (3) any evidence that the military has even noticed that he's back.. in the form of a date that he'll be court martialed or discharged ... or anything. He's stuck in that Kafka-esque thing where to ask encourages ridicule, bad mouthing, or simply being ignored. So. He waits. And waits. Meanwhile his wife and son have no idea of when he'll return. Could be a month. Could be a year.
Friday nights on base are, apparently, pretty wild. The young soldiers get mightily drunk and fight a lot.
Last Friday the young wife of a soldier recently deployed to Iraq came to the base to visit with her husband's five friends. They drank alcohol together and the party got out of hand: the wife was raped by her husband's five friends. Not sure if charges are pending (she will have to have a LOT of courage to stand against the onslaught that will come her way if she does charge them). My bet is that she will go home, suffer in silence, and hope to god no one tells her husband what happened ....
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