Okay. The hearing will come to order once again. Id like to welcome our second panel. We are joined by mr. Garry reid, director for defense intelligence, office of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence. And stephanie miller, director of expressions policy, office of the secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Mr. Joe ethridge, chief criminal intelligence division, and mr. Christopher mcmahon, executive assistant director, National Security directorate the naval criminal Investigative Services, and finally, mr. Robert grabosky, u. S. Air force, office of special investigations. Mr. Reid, well begin with you. Thank you, madam chair and Ranking Member. On behalf of the entire team here, i would just like to convey our appreciation for your time and interest and for the committees support to the department in getting at this problem. If you would allow, madam chair, i represent the Background Investigation piece of this process, and in a logical order, i would like ms. M
Reenactment what it wouldve been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the american civil war, there were few choices for women. Women were in essence supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family. We are talking about middleclass women. You had few choices. You could be a domestic servant. A laundress. Or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middleclass women did not have any visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north of the war was fought mainly in the south. Women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was not their first choice. The train that and starvation, that is what they did. At the time of the victorian era, prostitutes had a place in society. It was considered in poor taste for middleclass men to visit their carnal lust on their wives so respectable women, wide while they may not have liked it, understood that that i
Without support, you had very few choices. You could be a domestic servant. You could be a laundress. Or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war there was a spike in widowhood, meaning all the sudden, middleclass women did not have visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north because the war was fought mainly in the south. These women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was certainly not their first choice, but between that and starvation, its what they did. They had their place in society. It was considered ill bred and import taste for middleclass men to visit their carnal lest otherwise. So respectable women understood that is what men did. Respectable women were not supposed to enjoy Sexual Congress with her husband. The dream prostitutes had their own benches in the park, their own seats in the theater. Brothels were owned and run by women. They did employ male surgeons and mail bouncers, typically called fan
His bestselling book, the debtor those about to die, september hope, and deadly sky. John is curator professor of us military history at Missouri University of science and technology. He recently finished a 1year visiting professorship at the Naval Academy in annapolis and served as guest commentator in a History Channel documentary on dday. Johns latest book, fire and fortitude the u. S. Army in the pacific war, 19411943, is the first installment of a 2part history of the u. S. Army during world war ii. Fire and fortitude the u. S. Army in the pacific war, 19411943 covers the tragedies and triumphs of the u. S. Army soldiers from pearl harbor to the battles in the macon islands. Based on Extensive Research from government archives and academic collections, fire and fortitude the u. S. Army in the pacific war, 19411943 is a riveting narrative with a historians profound insights. Help me welcome our featured author, st. Louis hometown boy, john mcmanus. You need that. You do. Thank you,
Our first speaker of the afternoon is dr. Caroline jenny. Dr. Jeannie is the john l noll, and i pronouncing it correctly . Professor of American Civil War and director of the john l now, i will get it right, silver personal history and university of virginia. She is a graduate from uaa, worked at the National Park service as a historian, an active lecture as you might imagine, winner of a number of different teaching awards. She is coeditor of the university of, and oppresses American Civil War series, past president of the Society Civil war historians, published five books, have them listed on your program, civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation. She edited petersburg appomattox to work in virginia, and another one on the list is during the debt but not the past, it is memorial associations and the lost cause. Her talk today is we were not surrendered, parole and lees army after appomattox. Good afternoon. It is nice to see so many familiar faces in the audience. I know th