Kansas soldier: Army did nothing after rape

Kansas soldier: Army did nothing after rape

(EXCERPT) BY AMY HERDY AND MILES MOFFEIT Denver Post

ANDALE - Army Spc. Natalie Longee flew home from Iraq facing a bitter
burden.

But first she had to be welcomed home by her family, beaming at the
airport, followed by a rib-eye steak dinner and chocolate cake
decorated with her picture and the words "Welcome home, Natalie. We
love you!"

During it all, a piece of paper rested in the pocket of her Army
camouflage jacket with a phone number.

In January, Longee says, she was raped in her barracks at Fort Hood in
Texas by a fellow soldier. As a military police officer, she knew the
difficulties she would face, she said, and after bundling up her
stained clothing she agonized for two days before reporting the
assault.

Since then, she says, the m...

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