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If ANY part of your statement is sympathetic towards the people that neglected Vanessa AT ANY LEVEL. Keep it in the drafts or you’ll put yourself as being a piece of shit. I don’t care what they did do. What they DID NOT DO, was treat it like a missing persons case. 1/
The deeply engrained bias against women in the military caused leadership to accept “shes AWOL” nobody goes AWOL. Especially not a girl in college. A girl talking about re-enlisting. A girl so concerned with her military career, that she didn’t feel safe reporting sex. harassment
At the soldier level: what did you do to make it personal? Did you search for her like it were your little sister missing? Have you allowed your counterparts to harass others? What are you doing to ACTIVELY COMBAT sexual assault and harassment? 3/
At the leadership level: was it comfortable to assume “it was just another case of an emotional woman.” Did you sleep at night just comfortable with “shes AWOL.” How does it feel knowing that you set the command climate to be that of one that allowed a Sergeant 4/
To be SO CONFIDENT that he potentially stalked, harassed and murdered another junior soldier? How does it feel knowing that your post knows that you hate women more than you hate sexual harassment or assault AND MURDER? 5/
At the CID and police department level: what did you do to expend ALL resources? At what point did it become urgent? Was it when Vanessa’s family had to BEG ON THE STREET for her daughters return?? Volunteers did more to find Vanessa than paid parties did 6/
So fucking MISS ME with the “welp. We tried.” I have never EVER been as embarrassed by the DoD than I am today. I’m sickened to know that Vanessa’s dedication to work (showing up without question on her day off) made her a target which ultimately ended her life. 7/
Until military members and leadership stop living fat and happy in their own selfish bubbles, itll keep happening. @USArmy has made it abundantly clear that they’re okay with half ass efforts. How can you protect your soldiers in combat if you REFUSE to help them at home.
