Military Service and Domestic Abuse
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This paper is an examination of the effects of military training and military service in the United States armed forces on domestic abuse and domestic violence. This paper will concentrate on male service personnel and the ways in which their training and experience affect their tendencies toward abusive relationships with their civilian families; although increasing numbers of women in the military may also make the problem one of military wives abusing civilian husbands, not enough cases have arisen to indicate that this could also be a serious problem. Yet even the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged the gravity of the issue with regard to male personnel. In October of 1997, the Pentagon announced that soldiers who have been convicted of domestic violence would be ordered to turn in their weapons and, in most cases, asked to resign from the service. This policy represents a growing understanding of the ways in which military training, designed to bring out aggressiveness in trainees, has been inappropriately carried over into civilian life. The situation has led to increasing cases of violence, and the armed forces must continue to address this serious problem. The job of a member of the armed forces is to be prepared to go to war in defense of the nation. This preparedness necessitates training in the accurate use of weapons, as well as a mental and physical toughness that will allow the recruit to cooperate with fellow soldiers, follow the commands of superiors,
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the American military have been rising sharply, even as the numbers of military personnel have been dropping. In the seven years from 1986 to 1993, reported cases of violence in military families rose from 27,783 to 46,287, while the total number of personnel dropped from 2.2 million to fewer than 1.7 million over the same period. The greatest number of cases is within the Army.
Military cases are also especially violent. Victoria Mikesell Mather writes:
The authors of one study on spousal abuse in the military found the abuse encountered was more severe and frequent than what was found in comparable civilian relationships. The authors hypothesize that the "military effect, a term meaning the total impact of the military indoctrination/
socialization experience . . . legitimizes a pervasive sense (and expectation) of violence." The authors even found some evidence of a spillover violent effect into the community where the military bases dominated the area (p. 178).
Although military violence could be seen as a discrete problem, bounded by the limits and concerns of the armed forces' establishment, its effects go well beyond the confines of military jurisdiction.
In October 1997, the Pentagon acknowledged one impor
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