Women now consider rape before applying to military

Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in the Army. She would follow classmates into the service. She spoke to her mother, Sherry Kurtz, about the plan last year. That’s when a dark family secret was revealed: Her mother told her she was gang-raped in the Army in 1985. Worse, the military stonewalled her mother’s effort to seek criminal charges.  More…