Gena Smith is an Army veteran of the Iraq war. In 2006 she was ordered into an all-male combat unit because of her prowess as an intelligence specialist. Her brigade fought a year-battle to tame the city of Baqubah, where she was also raped by her own.

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11 November 2021

We republish this article from 2015. US Army veteran Gena Smith (pictured above) served in Iraq as an intelligence specialist and experience combat many...

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07 March 2018

The advent of #MeToo has revealed so many sexual predators who used some form of emotional abuse or manipulation to get what they truly want, perhaps we...

09 June 2015

   What does it say about America when women or men who are sexually abused or raped are then re-victimized by the public and media? Well, and I know this...

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03 May 2015

My generation – the so-called Millennials – are coming of age and bringing along a lack of empathy for older generations. Both the Baby Boomer and...

19 March 2015

<i>Gena Smith is a combat veteran of Iraq, and suffers from both PTSD and MST (Military Sexual Trauma). She’s a veteran advocate who volunteers for...

04 January 2015

There is a mental health epidemic in our midst and it is happening to some of our best people.

While the United States government continues its...