Assault victims struggle to transfer to other posts

Karisa King reports for the San Antonio Express-News:

When she returned for her next weekend training in May, she was required to drill with the officer she had accused.

Tortured by the close proximity, in which she literally bumped into him after breaking from parade formation one day, she found herself retreating to a bathroom stall, crying and vomiting. Soon after, she asked for a transfer.

In July, her company commander told her she had been placed on a “nontransferable flag” as a result of the investigation into her assault, which meant she could not leave the unit.

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