"In 2003, a firestorm of media reports and investigations, prompted by an anonymous whistle-blower at the Air Force Academy, exposed the prevalence of sexual assault in the armed forces and its training centers. That same year, the results of a study conducted by Dr. Anne Sadler of the Iowa City VA Medical Center found 28 percent of female veterans having suffered MST while on active duty.

In response, Congress called on the Department of Defense to overhaul its approach to sexual assault within its ranks. The 2005 defense authorization bill mandated the creation of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), which, according to its website, has since served as “the single point of accountability and oversight for sexual assault policy.”
...AlterNet

What do they think they're doing when they rape and violate a fellow soldier, practice for when they get to the middle east or whichever war zone they are dstined for? They should be charged with the harshest penalty possible, it is totally unacceptable to treat anyperson in that manner.

A lot of the time it happens on military property. The military should be sued. Problem solved?

I think this a sad but pretty much a no win situation. At this stage of social evolution. if really pressed, the result would be that the stats would show why men and women shouldn't serve together, and that would be the best result that could occur other than for women to remain endlessly at risk.