May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 The Coast Guard no longer cares about its people, just about its own image in the news.

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 The coverups have never stopped; the Coast Guard only got better at sweeping things under the rug…

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 When I Reported a Repeat Offender, Nothing Happened to Him and I was Eventually Discharged from the Coast Guard for PTSD

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 A Coast Guard Academy Grad told me the USCGA Men’s Lacrosse Page is No Place to Talk About Sexual Assault. I Disagree. Here are Our Texts.

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Before I tell you about my rape, I have to tell you about that ship’s culture: They called my stateroom “Golf Course,” because with 6 females, there were “18 holes.”

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 Sexual Harassment and a Sexual Assault forced me out of the Coast Guard and forced me to abandon my dream of a 20 year career.

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I still don’t know why I didn’t scream, but in that moment I was only trying to survive. I escaped the Coast Guard after 10 years & the civilian world has been much kinder.

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I was not active duty Coast Guard, but my abuser was. His Command protected him & directly endangered my life. I can’t imagine how bad it is for those actually in the service.

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 When I told my Master Chief I’d been raped, he called me a “whore” & said if I had just “kept my legs together” it wouldn’t have happened. This was 1987, but I can still hear his voice.

May 23, 2024August 27, 2024 I suffered a male on male sexual assault in the Coast Guard. I haven’t slept in non-private quarters since then without a knife under my pillow or within easy reach.