Sexual Assault And Rape An 'Epidemic' In The U.S. Military

Women serving the US military

Military Sexual Assault And Rape 'Epidemic' -- Al Jazeera

Studies suggest as many as one in three female soldiers are raped during their US military service.

"My experience reporting military sexual assault was worse than the actual assault," says Jessica (a pseudonym for her protection), a former marine officer and Iraq veteran who left the military because of her command's poor handling of her assault charges. "The command has so much power over a victim of sexual assault. They are your judge, jury, executioner and mayor: they own the law. As I saw in my case, they are able to crush you for reporting an assault."

Jessica is joining a civil lawsuit bringing claims against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, charging that under their watch the military failed to adequately and effectively investigate rapes and sexual assaults within the ranks.

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My Comment: One out of three women will be raped in the U.S. military .... that is a staggering number.