U.S. Sergeant Raped in Afghanistan Found Nowhere to Go

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As the only woman in her bomb-disposal unit in Afghanistan, Army Sergeant Rebekah Havrilla said she had learned to endure sexual harassment from her team leader and contempt from the captain who commanded the unit.

So when another service member raped her, she said, reporting the crime to her commanding officer was unthinkable.