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General: The Good Soldier Doesn't Beat His Wife
most crimes committed by military personnel) be amended to proscribe violation of civilian protective orders. It recommends a full-time civilian liaison position at every military base. Education and Training The report recommends expanded training and education in all areas, including the military police, like those who refused to help Cynthia Eng. "Many, if not most, military police are not trained to regard domestic violence as a serious crime," the report said, calling for standardized training across the four services and across ranks, from generals to enlisted personnel. Nearly 10 years after she shot her abusive husband, Cynthia Eng has little faith that the military has changed enough to prevent nightmares like hers. "It"s simply not logical to expect them to," she said. "They"re trained to search and destroy, not to be social workers. "At the first sign of domestic violence, they should call in agencies outside of the military and tell the couple, "You"re going to get help--right now."" Chris Lombardi is a New York-based free-lance writer, covering domestic and international human rights, electoral politics and equity issues. For more information, visit:The Miles Foundation:http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/milesfdn/myhomepage/ Survivors Take Action Against Abuse by Military Personnel:http://staaamp.org/ Department of Defense Task Force:http://www.mfrc.calib.com/domestic_violence/defense.htm The National Training Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence:http://www.ntcdsv.org/ For more information, visit the Women"s Army Corps in World War II: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wac/index.htm Our StoryA special, daily feature of Women"s Enews during Women"s History Month 1941. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, R-Mass., introduced a bill in Congress to establish the Women"s Army Auxiliary Corps. As World War II raged across Europe and the Far East, Rogers was certain women would serve the impending U.S. war effort and wanted them to have the same benefits as men in the service. When Congress passed the legislation in May 1942, women did not get those equal benefits, but they did volunteer in large numbers. In all, 350,000 women served in the armed services during World War II, including 4,000 African Americans. The world "auxiliary" was dropped in 1943 and the corps was integrated into the U.S. Army in 1978. --Glenda Crank Holste.Pages: 1 [2]