Military refers to a group of people assigned to serve the country by the means of defending it even by giving out there lives. They are also known as the armed forces of the country because they are provided with all the necessary equipment to fight for their country for which they have the ability to bring their enemies on their knees, and some times even there own people. In this paper we would be discussing situation regarding a rape case in the military.
The military personnel are considered to be one of the most disciplined people, but there have been cases in which they have shown acts of violence and menace. Considering the case of Susana Armenta who was18 years old and working at the Tripler Army Medical Centre in Hawaii. Her first encounter was when she was in her barracks, and her supervisor walked in and sexually assaulted her. For which she left the service and joined the Reserves after three months at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs in 1991. One day at Fort Carson as she walked in to her room she found a man already present and he assaulted and raped her. After the incident she returned to work but started drinking wine to keep her self under control. And one day when she couldn’t resist it any longer she burst out in tears and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after that. She never reported as she was afraid of the consequences that could follow because military and its men are considered to elite institutions (Flores, 2007).
There are thousands of other cases as well which are not investigated or reported. Recently Pentagon has issued reports which signify that around one third of the military women claim to be sexually harassed. And the number has remained unchanged since although the military claims to have endowed towards the problem.
References
Flores, M. (2007). The Rape of Latinas in the US Military. Retrieved April 09, 2009, from www.aztlan.net: http://aztlan.net/latinas_us_military_raped.htm
