Military Sexual Trauma (Part 2)

Military sexual trauma, or MST, is the term used by the VA to refer to experiences of sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that a veteran experienced during his or her military service. National data reveals that about 1 in 4 women and 1 in 100...
Women in War

Women in War

Charly Oliva, a US Army veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Deputy Director of the Department of Veterans Services for the City of Springfield, discusses her experiences as woman serving in combat zones in the U.S. military and the changing role of women in...

Women In Combat

Charly Oliva, who served as a military police officer with the rank of Sgt. in the National Guard/U.S. Army in both Afghanistan and Iraq, discusses Pentagon plans to open combat assignments to women in the military.  She is currently Deputy Director of the Veterans...