title: "Silenced No More": The Courage of a Soldier - Life After Military Sexual Trauma
author: Stormie Dunn
description: Stormie Dunn is a U.S. Army Veteran, Criminal Justice graduate from Hank Houston State University and an avid advocate for fellow Military Sexual Trauma victims and their family members. She lives in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas with her husband of fifteen years and is the mother of three children, a stepson, and the grandmother of three beautiful grandchildren. She is active in her church, community and continues her road to recovery at the Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital.
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  ### Guarding Hearts
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Synopsis
  
  
  
  
  
  Sergeant Bett Smythe and Lieutenant Gale Rains are building
  
  
  a life together, despite the risks in the tightly closeted world of the
  Women’s
  
  
  Army Corps. When another couple, Captain Kathleen Hartley and Lieutenant
  
  
  Victoria Whitman, invite Bett and Rain to a dinner party, they’re introduced
  to
  
  
  the lesbian underground on the base.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Kat and Whit have had a turbulent relationship, and as a
  
  
  budding friendship deepens, Kat’s attraction to Rain threatens both couples’
  
  
  futures. When Whit’s friend is accused of sexually assaulting a recruit, the
  
  
  ensuing investigation impacts them all, professionally and personally.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  As the Battle of the Bulge rages overseas, the bounds of
  
  
  love and friendship are tested. Whit will do almost anything to preserve what
  
  
  she has with Kat, but who is the real threat? And can Bett protect her
  
  
  relationship from the very real dangers close to heart and home?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  