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July 23, 2024August 27, 2024 July 23, 2024: Shannon Norenberg Files Anti-Harassment (AHHI) Complaint Alleging Hostile Work Environment at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Seeks Investigation of Academy Leader Michael Johnston
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July 10, 2024August 27, 2024 Admiral Fagan, I’m Not Resigning as Coast Guard Academy SARC Until You Repair the Damage Done to Victims of Operation Fouled Anchor
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June 9, 2024August 27, 2024 The Coast Guard Used Me to Lie to Victims of Sexual Assault at the Coast Guard Academy as Part of their Operation Fouled Anchor Coverup. I Can No Longer Be Part of this System.
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June 7, 2024August 27, 2024 20 Years After I Was Raped at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the Coast Guard Drug Me Through Operation Fouled Anchor. I’m Not Sure Which Was Worse.
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June 1, 2024August 27, 2024 May 14, 2024: Whistler McGee’s Email to U.S. Coast Guard Leaders.
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May 30, 2024August 27, 2024 My rack mate and I were assaulted by the same guy & I’d find her crying on the floor. The Command knew & we had to see him every day. When we reported, they immediately retaliated.
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May 28, 2024August 27, 2024 I want him to starve himself. I want his parents to watch him turn into someone they can’t recognize. I want him to beg God for the pain to stop, and to never be heard—to feel what I feel every day.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 10 Ideas for Solutions to Eradicating Sexual Misconduct from the U.S. Coast Guard, by LT Galen Varun, USCG (Ret.)
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Warning young girls to not trust their shipmates can’t be the best solution a Coast Guard Commander could offer, right?
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 The Coast Guard no longer cares about its people, just about its own image in the news.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 The coverups have never stopped; the Coast Guard only got better at sweeping things under the rug…
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 When I Reported a Repeat Offender, Nothing Happened to Him and I was Eventually Discharged from the Coast Guard for PTSD
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 A Coast Guard Academy Grad told me the USCGA Men’s Lacrosse Page is No Place to Talk About Sexual Assault. I Disagree. Here are Our Texts.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Before I tell you about my rape, I have to tell you about that ship’s culture: They called my stateroom “Golf Course,” because with 6 females, there were “18 holes.”
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Sexual Harassment and a Sexual Assault forced me out of the Coast Guard and forced me to abandon my dream of a 20 year career.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I still don’t know why I didn’t scream, but in that moment I was only trying to survive. I escaped the Coast Guard after 10 years & the civilian world has been much kinder.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I was not active duty Coast Guard, but my abuser was. His Command protected him & directly endangered my life. I can’t imagine how bad it is for those actually in the service.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 When I told my Master Chief I’d been raped, he called me a “whore” & said if I had just “kept my legs together” it wouldn’t have happened. This was 1987, but I can still hear his voice.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I suffered a male on male sexual assault in the Coast Guard. I haven’t slept in non-private quarters since then without a knife under my pillow or within easy reach.
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July 23, 2024August 27, 2024 July 23, 2024: Shannon Norenberg Files Anti-Harassment (AHHI) Complaint Alleging Hostile Work Environment at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Seeks Investigation of Academy Leader Michael Johnston
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July 10, 2024August 27, 2024 Admiral Fagan, I’m Not Resigning as Coast Guard Academy SARC Until You Repair the Damage Done to Victims of Operation Fouled Anchor
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June 9, 2024August 27, 2024 The Coast Guard Used Me to Lie to Victims of Sexual Assault at the Coast Guard Academy as Part of their Operation Fouled Anchor Coverup. I Can No Longer Be Part of this System.
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June 7, 2024August 27, 2024 20 Years After I Was Raped at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the Coast Guard Drug Me Through Operation Fouled Anchor. I’m Not Sure Which Was Worse.
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June 1, 2024August 27, 2024 May 14, 2024: Whistler McGee’s Email to U.S. Coast Guard Leaders.
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May 30, 2024August 27, 2024 My rack mate and I were assaulted by the same guy & I’d find her crying on the floor. The Command knew & we had to see him every day. When we reported, they immediately retaliated.
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May 28, 2024August 27, 2024 I want him to starve himself. I want his parents to watch him turn into someone they can’t recognize. I want him to beg God for the pain to stop, and to never be heard—to feel what I feel every day.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 10 Ideas for Solutions to Eradicating Sexual Misconduct from the U.S. Coast Guard, by LT Galen Varun, USCG (Ret.)
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Warning young girls to not trust their shipmates can’t be the best solution a Coast Guard Commander could offer, right?
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 The Coast Guard no longer cares about its people, just about its own image in the news.
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 The coverups have never stopped; the Coast Guard only got better at sweeping things under the rug…
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 When I Reported a Repeat Offender, Nothing Happened to Him and I was Eventually Discharged from the Coast Guard for PTSD
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 A Coast Guard Academy Grad told me the USCGA Men’s Lacrosse Page is No Place to Talk About Sexual Assault. I Disagree. Here are Our Texts.
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Before I tell you about my rape, I have to tell you about that ship’s culture: They called my stateroom “Golf Course,” because with 6 females, there were “18 holes.”
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Sexual Harassment and a Sexual Assault forced me out of the Coast Guard and forced me to abandon my dream of a 20 year career.
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I still don’t know why I didn’t scream, but in that moment I was only trying to survive. I escaped the Coast Guard after 10 years & the civilian world has been much kinder.
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I was not active duty Coast Guard, but my abuser was. His Command protected him & directly endangered my life. I can’t imagine how bad it is for those actually in the service.
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May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 When I told my Master Chief I’d been raped, he called me a “whore” & said if I had just “kept my legs together” it wouldn’t have happened. This was 1987, but I can still hear his voice.
Read More
May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I suffered a male on male sexual assault in the Coast Guard. I haven’t slept in non-private quarters since then without a knife under my pillow or within easy reach.
Read More