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A raw and honest view behind the curtains of GWG’s creator, Jillian’s experience going through and coming out of a marriage with an abusive partner, the Army’s involvement (her husband is an Active Duty MSG), and the actions of our first responders and judicial system in regards to domestic violence in her experience. Included are written experiences, videos of the abuse in action, excerpts from her written journals, and the video journals Jillian used as her confidant when she felt she did not have a person she could safely confide in. This is an incredibly personal section, but Jillian found peace, understanding, and validation of her feelings and thoughts by seeing other survivors and victims being brave enough to be vulnerable and open.
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The Army increasingly allows soldiers charged with violent crimes to leave the military rather than face trial
The Army increasingly allows soldiers charged with violent crimes to leave the military rather than face trial By Vianna Davila, Lexi Churchill and Ren Larson, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Davis Winkie, Military TimesApril 10, 2023 “The Army increasingly allows soldiers charged with violent crimes to leave the military rather than face trial” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, and with Military Times, an independent news organization reporting on issues important to…
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Murdered Marine Corp. Sgt’s wife posted issues with reporting violence to military on YouTube
I had just arrived in El Paso, Texas after having been stationed in Hawai’i for three years when I saw the feeds on my Facebook about the murder of Dana Alotaibi along the H-3 highway in Hawai’i. There was a large amount of chatter about Alotaibi and her ex-husband, Marine Corp Sergeant, Bryant Tejeda-Castillo in chat-boxes across platforms. I was pretty shocked to see people were unabashedly claiming that she deserved what happened to her because of her lifestyle and also lamenting remorse for her murderer because he must have simply been pushed to the brink by her lifestyle and attempts to “hurt his career”. Alotaibi had a fairly large…
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Report to Congress Show Army leads Military Branches in Domestic Violence; Servicemember Bias and Negative Repercussions are Reported as a Barriers to Reporting.
May 24, 2023 “The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GOA), often called the ‘congressional watchdog,’ is an independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congress. GAO examines how taxpayer dollars are spent and provides Congress and federal agencies with objective, non-partisan, fact-based information to help the government save money and work more efficiently.” In 2021, GOA released a report analyzing: the military services’ efforts to prevent and respond to domestic abuse. GAO: In GAO’s Watchdog Report, Brenda Farrell, a director in GAO’s Defense Capabilities and Management Team state that the DOD had not collected nor reported accurate and complete data on domestic abuse as required by law. She states that it is…
