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Military: Sexual Assault

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Default-piece-image-0 Sexual assault in the United States military has risen for the fifth year in a row. Nearly 13 hundred members of the armed forces reported being sexually assaulted in 2004, according to the Department of Defense. That rise is partly due to the increasing number of women in the military, but it's not just women who are being attacked. KALW News reporter Kristin Wiederholt explores the lasting consequences of these assaults and what VA hospitals and other veterans groups are trying to do to help.

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Piece Description

Sexual assault in the United States military has risen for the fifth year in a row. Nearly 13 hundred members of the armed forces reported being sexually assaulted in 2004, according to the Department of Defense. That rise is partly due to the increasing number of women in the military, but it's not just women who are being attacked. KALW News reporter Kristin Wiederholt explores the lasting consequences of these assaults and what VA hospitals and other veterans groups are trying to do to help.

Broadcast History

A shorter version of this story originally aired on NPR's Morning Edition on June 14th, 2005. This piece on PRX aired on KALW, 91.7 FM in San Francisco, on June 26th, 2005.