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I’m Maggie Rodriquez. Also tonight, a CBS News investigation. They volunteered to defend their country. But one in three women in combat faces sexual assault from fellow troops. Katie Couric reports on a crime that largely goes unpunished. The Pentagon today released a disturbing report on sexual abuse in the military. It says more than 2900 sexual assaults were reported last year, up nearly 9% from the year before. Nearly two thirds of those cases involve rape or aggravated sexual assault가중 성폭행. And still most victims get no justice as Katie Couric reports.

 

They become an integral없어서는 안될 part of modern warfare. 200,000 active duty women serving alongside나란히 their band of brothers부대원들. Jessica was one of those women. Born into a military family, at 24, she enlisted입대하다 in the Army. Following basic training, she was posted half a world away at Camp Humphreys in South Korea. She was assigned to an Apache helicopter maintenance crew, one of just three women in a unit of 60 men. Jessica says she worked hard to blend into융화하다 a very macho남성적인 world.

 

Just weeks into her new assignment, her squad leader분대장 began making unwanted sexual comments. Then it turned physical when he tried to force himself on her. She was afraid to report it, tried to forget it, but the assault haunted늘 따라다니다 her. In a completely unrelated incident, when she was out one night, someone she knew from another base raped her.

 

Jessica's story is not unique. One in three female soldiers will experience sexual assault while serving in the military, compared to one in six women in the civilian world. The Pentagon only started a comprehensive포괄적인 program to track incidents in 2006, and only after Congress mandated명령하다 it do so. That year, there were 2,974 cases of rape and sexual assault across the services. And of those, only 292 cases resulted in a military trial.

 

In 2007, there were even fewer prosecutions. "Of more than 2,200 servicemen investigated for sexual assault, only 181 were prosecuted." And in a majority of cases, the punishment doesn't seem to match the crime. Often most offenders only get a reduction in rank or reduced pay.

 

For many victims, their assault remains a shameful secret. The Pentagon acknowledges that some 80% of rapes are never reported, making it the most under-documented crime in the military. Callie Wight, a counselor for the VA재향군인회, says victims haven't come forward for a number of reasons. "They didn't report because they didn't think they'd be believed. They didn't report because they were ashamed and humiliated굴욕감을 느끼다 and they didn't want anyone to know what had happened to them." Traumatized충격을 받다 by assault and re-traumatized by inaction, she has left the military and is now trying to help other victims. Katie Couric, CBS News, New York. Tomorrow, part two of Katie’s report, sexual assault cases in combat and a military recruiting policy that could be making the problem worse.

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