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.