Female Soldiers At Fort Hood Were Recruited For A Prostitution Ring

The main entrance of the Fort Hood army base in Texas. Photograph: Reuters

Female Fort Hood Soldiers Recruited For Prostitution Ring, Trial Hears -- The Guardian

Seventeen-year veteran accused of using service set up by co-ordinator of base's sex assault and harassment prevention program.

Female soldiers at Fort Hood testified Monday that they were recruited for a prostitution ring set up by a sergeant involved in the sexual assault and harassment program at the Central Texas post.

The testimony came as the court-martial began for another Fort Hood soldier accused of using the service, which Army prosecutors said preyed upon young, cash-strapped female soldiers at Fort Hood.

Master Sergeant Brad Grimes is a 17-year Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Army prosecutors said in the military court on Monday that Grimes participated in the prostitution ring set up by another Fort Hood sergeant not yet charged but still under Army investigation, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

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