Sexual Assault and Silence Among Men in the Military

Years before #MeToo, I insisted on telling the truth. I'll probably always regret it.by Lance GarlandI think there were seven witnesses, but I remember only four distinct faces.We were sitting in a waiting room of the Judge Advocate General's building of Naval Base Kitsap on the Kitsap Peninsula. Inside the courtroom, there were high ceilings, brass fixtures, pews for spectators, flags, and wooden jury benches that rose up like stadium seating. Men in dress uniform stood as sentinels at every ex