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Female troops have been raped, sexually harassed while on duty in Iraq 15 percent walking into VA test positive for military sexual trauma VA opens 16th inpatient ward specializing in treating military sexual victims Female veteran to daughter in military: Don't let your guard down with male soldiers YORK, Pennsylvania (AP) -- It took Diane Pickel Plappert six months to tell a counselor that she had been raped while on duty in Iraq. While time passed, the former Navy nurse disconnected from her children and her life slowly unraveled. Carolyn Schapper says she was harassed in Iraq by a fellow Army National Guard soldier to the extent that she began changing clothes in the shower for fear he'd barge into her room unannounced -- as he already had on several occasions. Even as women distinguish themselves in battle alongside men,... [read full story]
