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Our Women in Uniform Deserve Better
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problem with
foxes guarding
henhouses
M artha B urk
A m e ric a n s
h a v e h o n o re d o u r
s o ld ie rs
and
th o s e k i l l e d in
U .S . w ars in late
M a y f o r n e a r ly
150 years. M em o ­
ria l D a y , w h ic h
becam e an official
h o lid a y in 1868, w as o rig in a lly
c a lle d D e c o ra tio n D ay an d go t
sta rte d w h en c iv ilia n w o m en d e ­
c id e d to d e c o ra te m ilita ry g ra v e s
fro m b o th sid es o f th e C iv il W ar.
T h ere w ere alread y fem ale w a r­
rio rs in o u r m ilita ry b a c k th en ,
m o stly d isg u ise d a n d fig h tin g as
m e n . In to d a y 's a rm e d fo rc e s,
w o m en no lo n g e r n e ed to h id e
th e ir g en d er. B ut la te ly it seem s
lik e o u r w o m en in u n ifo rm m ig h t
be b e tte r o ff if th ey did.
W h ile m en still c o m p rise the
o v e rw h e lm in g m a jo rity o f o u r
tro o p s an d o ffic e rs, th e n u m b e r o f
w o m e n h as rise n su b sta n tia lly in
th e la st d e c a d e . U n fo rtu n a te ly ,
so h as th e n u m b e rs o f ra p e s and
by
o th e r sex u al a ssa u lts. In fa c t, m ili­
tary w o m e n are m u c h m o re lik e ly
to be sex u a lly a ss a u lte d b y a fe l­
low so ld ie r th an k ille d by an e n ­
emy.
T h is m o n th , th e P e n ta g o n re ­
le ase d the late st g rim s ta tistic s on
this fro n t: T h e re w e re 3 ,3 7 4 r e ­
p o rte d c a s e s o f s e x u a l
a ssa u lt in th e ra n k s o v e r
th e c o u rse o f th e 2 0 1 2 fis ­
cal y ear, a n d o ffic ia ls b e ­
liev e an a d d itio n a l 2 6 ,0 0 0
sex u al a ssa u lts w e n t u n ­
re p o rte d .
D e sp ite all th e a tte n ­
tio n this p ro b le m h a s g a r­
n e re d fo r y e a rs, se x u a l
a ssa u lt is g ro w in g m o re c o m m o n .
T he o ffic ia l rate is up by 13 p e r­
c en t an d th e u n re p o rte d e stim a te d
rate h as c lim b e d 35 p e rc e n t in th e
p a st tw o y ears.
T h o se sh am e fu l n u m b e rs d o n 't
hav e to sp eak fo r th e m se lv e s. T h e
P e n ta g o n 's re p o rt cam e ju s t tw o
d a y s a f t e r L t. C o l. J e f f r e y
K ru sin sk i, the A ir F o rce o ffic e r in
c h a rg e o f sex u al a ssa u lt tra in in g ,
w as a rre ste d fo r — y ou g u e ss e d it
— g e ttin g d ru n k an d se x u a lly a s ­
sa u ltin g a c o m p le te s tra n g e r in an
A rlin g to n , Va. p a rk in g lot.
A w eek later, th e m ilitary said it
w as in v e stig a tin g w h e th e r S gt. 1st
C lass G re g o ry M c Q u e e n , a m an
w h o se jo b it w as to p re v e n t sex u al
a b u se an d h a ra ss m e n t at Ft. H o o d
in T e x a s, w as h im s e lf c o m m ittin g
a b a tte ry o f sex u al o ffe n s e s —
an d e v en ru n n in g a p ro s titu tio n
ring.
S o o n a fte r, Lt. C o l. D a rin H aas
w as re lie v e d o f h is d u tie s ru n n in g
the sex u a l a ss a u lt re s p o n s e p ro ­
g ra m at Ft. C a m p b e ll in K e n tu c k y
a fte r h e w as a rre ste d fo r se n d in g
h is e x -w ife th re a te n in g te x ts an d
s ta lk in g h e r in v io la tio n o f a c o u rt
o rd e r.
It su re lo o k s lik e th e m ilita ry
h as a sy ste m ic p ro b le m w ith fo x es
g u a rd in g h e n h o u se s .
M ost o f the victim s w ere afraid o f
being p u n ish ed by superiors if they
reported w hat happened. A nd fo r
good reason. In virtually every case,
sen io r officers — not civ ilian law
en fo rcem en t — get to d ecid e guilt
o r innocence. T hey can even o v er­
turn ju ry decisions in the very few
cases that actually go to trial.
P re sid e n t B a ra c k O b a m a g ets
th a t th is m u st c h an g e . H e to o k to
th e a irw a v e s to d e n o u n c e a sy s­
tem th a t's c le a rly n o t w o rk in g .
M e a n w h ile , A ir F o rce C h ie f o f
S ta ff G en. M ark A. W e lsh III w as
b u sy b la m in g th e v ic tim s in te s ti­
m o n y b e fo re th e S e n a te A rm ed
S e rv ic e s c o m m itte e . H e said th e
a ssa u lts w e re the re su lt o f a "h o o k
up m e n ta lity ," an d b e sid e s, m an y
o f th e w o m en h ad a lre a d y b een
ra p e d o n c e b e fo re th e y jo in e d the
m ilitary . W ow .
T h e re a lity is th a t o n e in fo u r
U .S. m ilita ry w o m e n e x p e rie n c e
se x u a l tra u m a in th e ra n k s so o n e r
o r la te r— an d a b o u t 1 p e rc e n t o f
m ilitary m en are rap ed o r a ssa u lted
e a c h y e ar.
M e m b e r s o f C o n g r e s s a re
p re s sin g fo r a th o ro u g h o v e rh a u l
o f th e w ay m ilita ry a ss a u lts are
p ro s e c u te d . S e c re ta ry o f D e fe n se
C h u c k H a g e l is s till d e fe n d in g th e
g o o d -o l'-b o y s -d e c id e sy ste m n ow
in p la c e , a lth o u g h h e h as g iv e n
so m e h in ts th a t h e m ig h t b e m o re
o p e n to le ttin g n o n -m ilita ry p ro s ­
e c u to rs ta k e o v e r th a t ro le .
L e t's h o p e w h en th e n e x t M e ­
m o ria l D ay ro lls a ro u n d , th e g o o d
n ew s w ill b e th a t c h a n g e s h a v e
b e en m a d e. O u r m ilita ry w o m e n
an d m en d e se rv e to b e safe fro m
a ss a u lt b y th e ir o w n ra n k s. T h o se
w h o a ss a u lt th e ir p e ers an d th e ir
o w n c o u n try in th e b a rg a in d e ­
serv e to be p u n is h e d , not p ro ­
te cted . It's a m a tte r o f sim p le m ili­
ta ry ju s tic e .
Martha Burk is the director o f
the corporate accountability
project fo r the National Council of
Women's Organizations and the
author o f the book Your Voice, Your
Vote: The Savvy Woman's Guide to
Power, Politics, and the Change
We Need.