Survivors Write In
This page provides an opportunity for survivors to share their personal account of their experience as they choose to describe it.
***Trigger Warning*** I would like to share the most critical chapter of my life. The chapter that formed my inner…
***Trigger Warning*** I was sexually assaulted through forced sodomy with the end of a broom stick aboard the USS Detroit…
***Trigger Warning*** I was upstairs in the dorm dayroom hanging out with other service members. We were playing pool, drinking…
***Trigger Warning*** Entered Basic training at age 17 – Alabama – Raped by drill Sargent. Supply room in basement he…
***Trigger Warning*** Not sure where to start. I’m 50 years old. Life’s been a struggle. I joined the army. Being…
The armed forces are saturated with a misogynistic culture both at the officers & enlisted ranks. The culture is essentially…
I was drugged with a drug named G, raped and tramp stamped with a small anchor and sailor hat. 😔…
**Trigger Warning** MST: My Story As it relates to MST, the military continues to turn a blind eye to the…
It was my first week in a new city, a new state, 1200 miles from where I had called home…
***Trigger Warning*** From the time I was a young girl, I always knew I wanted to join the military. I…
While standing watch on the Jacksonville NAS, my supervisor assaulted me. This went on for 4 months. That was in…
Smile! You’re on Camera! Military Soldiers Use Hidden Cameras in Sexual Assault Cases “That camera was the only reason he…
***Trigger Warning*** I joined the army to serve my country. After basic training I attended school a four month program,…
***Trigger Warning*** I grew up in foster care. Adopted age 12. When I turned 17, my adopted mom had me…
I barely even recall what my rapist looked like…. I was TDY for training in 2014. I was drunk at…
I was raped by eight U.S. male soldiers over the course of the 2004 summer in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. I…
While on the 13th MEU, I was sexually assaulted by a Sgt whom I had thought was a decent person….
***Trigger Warning*** Navy BOOTCAMP I left for Orlando, Florida on January 3, 1987 excited about the next chapter in my…
Following Boot Camp in Orlando, Florida, I was to transfer to Millington, Tn., for my A school. The weekend I…
To start, this is quite possibly the most cathartic history I must share with those who are willing to read…
Girl with the Sword My Story began over a decade ago while I was serving on active duty overseas. It…
I was finally unpacking boxes to decorate our house. And then I found this; it was my holster for my…
My name is Aliya Fitz-El. I joined the United States Marine Corps in August 2001 and entered boot camp October…
I was a 20 year old, that just wanted to be in the military and be happy. So simple, at…
I’d like to say thank you for the continuous trauma you have caused me. You took advantage of my weakness….
I was out with other soldiers while on weekend pass. Several of us split a hotel room. I ended up…
***Trigger Warning*** I joined the US Navy in June of 1998 because I was struggling to pay for college and…
My name is Gwendolyn E. Lindsay-Jackson, and I am an African American woman, a New York resident, an Army Veteran…
***Trigger Warning*** Sexual assault, suicide, self-harm, alcohol/drug abuse I joined the Army in September 1997 as an Infantryman. I…
Trauma has a weird way of defining our mental and physical state for the weeks, months, and even years to…
***Trigger Warning*** I was assigned to SGS Transportation in Heidelberg, Germany as a driver. This particular time I was assigned…
***Trigger Warning*** My ex-husband was enlisted before I was. He was incredibly abusive and 2 weeks before I left for…
I am currently Active Duty in the US Army. I was sexually assaulted repeatedly by a Command Sergeant Major on…
**Trigger Warning** I was around 20 years old when I decided I wanted to join the military. I was majoring…
**Trigger Warning** In October of 2017, I was selected to attend the Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium in Orlando with dozens of…
**Trigger Warning** It was July of 2017, I had been in the Navy for about a year and a half…
I went into the military in the delayed entry program before I graduated high school. I decided fairly early in…
Around the time Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was appealed, I was sexually assaulted by a Navy recruiter out of Alhambra,…
When I was at Fort Sam on active duty army orders, getting training to become a medic, one of the…
I was 19 years old when I woke up with one drill sergeant looking in on another drill sergeant who…
**Trigger Warning** Boot camp was one of the best experiences of my life. The moment that I switched out my…
Sometimes it’s hard to discuss my rape without feeling disgusted and vulnerable. So the only way I am able to…
My SHARP Story: Swinging Back **Note: Names have been changed to protect identities This is a true story that happened…
My sole purpose of writing you this letter is because I feel failed by the Army I loved and serviced…
I am a 21-year-old female who proudly served as a police officer in the United States Marine Corps. I am…
I had always been interested in joining the military and carrying forward a long family tradition of serving. I was…
I was discharged in December of 1966 with an Other Than Honorable (OTH) discharge after spending over a year in…
When I was 19 years old, I was in the Army and stationed in South Korea. My job was clerical….
I am currently a Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force who was sexually assaulted in 2012 on a deployment….
I would first like to start my story with a big Thank You to God for making me a survivor…
Although I am considered a foreign wars veteran, I’ve never been in battle. I’ve never seen war or the terrible…
**TRIGGER WARNING: this story contains some graphic details** The first time it happened, I had just left basic training for…
The first time I was violated in 2014, I was found passed out in my car at a stoplight. I…
I served in the Marine Corps from 2001 to 2003. My Gunny and Chief Warrant Officer would often find me…
I served 20 years as a combat soldier and drill sergeant, with a stellar career in the regular Army. It…
I joined the Navy, planning to make it my career. I loved all my training in the Navy and had…
My name is Christina and was raped while serving in the Army. Before that dreadful night in Kuwait, I was…
I was standing watch on a trident ballistic missile submarine (my 4th submarine where I reenlisted just before this happened)…
I enlisted at the naive age of 17 and completed basic training when I was still in high school. Our…
The sexual assaults occurred twice in 1981 and 1982 when I was in my early thirties. There were three perpetrators,…
I entered boot camp in October of 2014, excited and thrilled to enlist. I come from a family of immigrants….
On May 11, 2014, I had a friend over to watch a movie and have a few drinks. As the…
I was at boot camp at Fort Jackson, SC. It was Sept. 6, 1980. I was on fireguard duty in…
I had a childhood dream of joining the Air Force. When I was in high school, I finally enlisted. I…
I was assaulted on base by a shipmate who preyed on me while I was very drunk. I had experienced…
I joined the US Army in October 2008 and departed for basic training days after Christmas. I was beyond excited…
My name is Thomas. For the anonymity of those involved, ranks and locations have been changed. My family has a…
I served in the United States Navy from July 21, 1998 until July 20, 2002 at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico…
My name is Jill, and I am a survivor of military sexual assault. I was sexually assaulted by my squad…
My name is Shannon and I kept my rape to myself for over 30 years. The thought that things haven’t…
I was raped after being drugged at a small get-together for our supervisor’s birthday. Six people were there altogether. They…
I was an Air Force Reservist at Lackland Air Force Base on Title 10 orders to cross-train as security forces….
I was raped by a civilian while on active duty and I was inappropriately touched by another soldier in my…
After a childhood of sexual abuse by my adoptive parents, I joined the Army at 19. I was raped while…
I was born in 1950 and grew up under the shadow of World War II. My father was in the…
I was from a small town and had been sheltered all my life. I grew up in a Pentecostal Holiness…
I had recently arrived at March Air Force Base at the beginning of 1987 after Military Indoctrination for Medical Officers…
I was valedictorian of my high school, a lacrosse player and dancer. I was confident, courageous and optimistic about my…
I joined the Active Duty Army in September of 1993 to serve my country, earn money for college and make…
“I have been assaulted twice in my career. Once in 2003 and once in 2011…”
I grew up as the youngest in a very large and very religious family. I was taught to respect my…
I am a 42-year-old mother, wife, and grandmother. I joined the United States Air Force in June 1988. I was…
I joined the military in 1988 when I was 18 years old. I was sent for basic training and then…
In April 1988, I lived in the dorms at Jacksonville AFB in Arkansas. A male civilian on base raped me….
In July of 1979, Jeffrey Dahmer was sent to my unit HHC 2/68 Armor. From the beginning, Jeffrey was a…
I joined the Army in 2008 as a prior enlisted Soldier. In April of 2009, less than a month after…
A male soldier at Dover AFB asked me to go to a movie with him one afternoon, and I accepted….
Recently, I sought treatment for the rapes I endured while serving in the United States Air Force at the age…
As a child, seeing men and women in uniform, either in-person or on TV, I thought, “Wow, I want to…
I will start by saying I loved serving in the military for almost two decades and had planned to remain…
My story is a long one, but the short version is that I was sexually assaulted and sodomized by a…
My story is about several incidents. The first occurred after a command inspection while I was in school in Orlando. As…
I was assaulted many years ago, but the effects have always haunted me. I never knew where to turn for…
I went into the Army in 1984 as a married woman, although I was separated from my husband. I arrived…
There are two major parts to my story. Right now, I want to share an experience that happened to me…
I went in the Navy right out of high school back in 1983. In the first year, I went to…
I was raped four months into my Navy career. The command did nothing. I was called a liar. I was…
My teenage son plans to apply for West Point, and it is my dream to help leave a legacy for…
I was medically discharged from the navy for fracturing my pubic bone and I developed chronic pain and was unresponsive…
This is my story. I was attacked and sexually assaulted at my home and at work by a higher-ranking officer…
My rape happened when I and a male friend had duty (CQ) the same night which meant we were both…