Thousands Are Sexually Assaulted In The U.S. Military Every Year. These Are Some Of Their Stories.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/mary-calvert-sexual-violence-us-military_n_5732572.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

Thousands Are Sexually Assaulted In The U.S. Military Every Year. These Are Some Of Their Stories.
The Huffington Post | By Dominique Mosbergen
Posted: 08/29/2014 11:44 am EDT Updated: 08/29/2014 11:59 am EDT

In 2009, Jessica Hinves, then an Air Force fighter jet mechanic, said she was raped by a member of her squadron -- a man she had considered a good friend.

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May 19, 2014 -- Fayetteville, North Carolina: U.S. Army Private First Class) Natasha Schuette, 21, was sexually assaulted by her drill sergeant during basic training and subsequently suffered harassment by other drill sergeants after reporting the assault at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. While Staff Sgt. Louis Corral is serving just four years in prison for assaulting her and four other female trainees, Natasha suffers daily from PTSD because of the attack. Now stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, she attends a civilian counseling session because it is too difficult to get regular counseling appointments in the U.S. Army.

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April 18, 2014 -- San Diego, California: Brittany Fintel served in the U.S. Navy, she was grabbed and pinned down on a bed by her Lead Petty Officer while she was stationed in Bahrain on the USS Gridley. Another sailor witnessed the attack but turned and left as she screamed and fought off her attacker. She reported the attack and was told she had an "adjustment disorder," taken off the ship and eventually was separated from the navy due to PTSD. She joined the military to see the world and get her college paid for, but her experience in the Navy shattered all her sense of trust. "They kick the victim out. The victim is more fucked up in the head than apparently the rapist," she said, weeping on her couch at home in San Diego. Her PTSD service dog "Indiana" is never far from her side.

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April 21, 2014 -- San Diego, California: Melissa Bania holds her banner before hanging it on the foot bridge across from the entrance to Naval Station San Diego. U.S. Navy Military Sexual Trauma survivors got together at Brittany Fintel's San Diego, California home to make banners inscribed with their sexual assault experiences in the U.S. Navy. That evening, under cover of darkness, they hung them on a foot bridge in front of the entrance to Naval Station San Diego.

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1. This is unacceptable

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2. link to one service's investigations

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=83031