Two women who say they were raped while serving in the military have told CNN that embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner made unwanted advances toward them after they met him at an event for female veterans. Nearly a dozen women have come forward in recent weeks to accuse Filner, a 10-term congressman from California who is in his first term as mayor of San Diego, of making unwanted sexual advances. He has refused to step down despite repeated calls to do so. In a report dated Wednesday, retired Air Force Master Sgt. Eldonna Fernandez told CNN that she has…
Author Amanda Alderman
A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier returned from Afghanistan this month to find that the loved one he’d thought was waiting for him had disappeared. First Lt. Brandon Harker left his yellow lab, Oakley, in the care of a friend during his nine-month deployment. But when Harker got home to Lakeland, Wash., he learned that his dog had been sold or given away while he was serving his country, according to an ad he posted on Craigslist. “I am just trying to get him back to me since he was wrongfully given away or sold [without] my permission while I was…
Our sister publication, Marine Corps Times, has an interesting story today on how power influences justice in the Corps. Check it out here: 3-star: Commandant wanted Marines ‘crushed’ for urination video