‘Never the same’: Survivors of military sexual trauma turn to The Pink Berets for healing | Solutions Journalism
Gattas entered the Navy in 1994, with the intention of serving her country for life. Her first assignment was on the USS Simon Lake, a submarine tender traveling to aid combat ships. Sometimes, the crew would be on the water for more than 90 days.“It was often this thing where it was kind of like the rite of passage, and I guess the norm,” she said.
When the ship docked, Gattas would go out with her friends. One night, after going out to drink, she was assaulted. She said she blamed herself: “I should have never drank. I should have never allowed myself to let my guard down.” Military sexual trauma is compounded by the fact that the targets and the aggressors are supposed to protect one another and they are working toward a common goal.
“If you build an infrastructure that allows them to define what those building blocks look like, then you can help somebody with a fractured psyche become normal again,” Gattas said. The organization’s programs are not “one-size-fits-all,” Gattas said. Some women evaluate the goals and actions of the organization for months before signing up.
Ayana Brown, a Navy veteran in San Antonio, said The Pink Berets program was “very unique” because of its emphasis on women with military sexual trauma symptoms. Ayana Brown, a Navy veteran, hangs a "Meditating" notice on the door nob of her meditation room at her home in San Antonio on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Brown is a participant of the culinary therapy program by The Pink Berets, a nonprofit that helps women soldiers and veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder , as well as mental and emotional trauma.
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