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Military Personnel Say Pentagon Ignores Sexual Assaults, Harassment (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | February 16, 2011, 11:57AM

Sec. of Defense Robert Gates

Veterans and active-duty service members filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging that the Pentagon has turned a blind eye to a hostile military culture that has resulted in sexual harassment and rapes.

The lawsuit, filed by civil litigator Susan Burke in Virginia, notes that there's been an increase in reports of sexual abuse in the military and that Pentagon leadership hasn't done enough about it.

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Military Shootings

After Shootings, Coast Guard Closed Down D.C. Area Recruiting Stations

Ryan J. Reilly | November 4, 2010, 12:30PM

A military recruiting station

The Coast Guard shut down several recruiting stations in the D.C. area yesterday as a precaution after shots were fired at their center in Woodbridge earlier this week. That shooting was just the latest in a string of incidents targeting military installations that have left law enforcement officials searching for answers.

"Obviously, we were concerned about it and we're continuing to assist the FBI however we can," Scott Carr, a public affairs officer for the Coast Guard's recruiting command, told TPMMuckraker on Thursday. "Yesterday we had closed the recruiting office in Potomac Mills, we also went ahead and closed the recruiting offices in D.C. and in Baltimore as a precaution."