Yep...it's against the UCMJ (Uniformed Code of Military Justice). That's the rule book all branches of the military follow.

From a female's point of view domestic abuse is something that female soldiers were encouraged to not report. Granted I was in quite a while ago and I really hope it has changed since I left the army.

I was physically and emotionally abused by a b/f I had (we were both soldiers). The advice given to me by my SGTs was to just leave him and pretend it didn't happen. Basically it's what I did.

Talking to a lot of females from all of the branches, we all said the same thing...the two things we had to deal with most (and were basically told to shut up any complaints) were physical abuse b/f's and husbands and sexual harassment. If you reported either you were branded a troublemaker and that rep. went with you to your next unit.

I REALLY hope things have changed.

Lisa