By Beth Stebner PUBLISHED: 16:13, 06 March 2012 | UPDATED: 11:22, 26 September 2012 Rape and sex crimes on U.S. military bases have risen alarmingly in recent years, with many survivors afraid to come forward for fear of ruing their career or facing retaliation. In an interview with NBC’s Rock Center With Brian Williams, several servicemen and women, including former Marine Claire Russo, spoke out about their ordeals with trying to find justice within the military. The 32-year-old former intelligence officer said that she was sexually assaulted in 2004 at a Marine Corps ball after a fellow Marine allegedly drugged her. Though she begged him to stop, she said he continued to sodomise her on the bathroom floor.
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Marine intelligence officer Claire Russo was raped by fellow Marine at ball in 2004 after she said she was drugged
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Said military did nothing to get her justice and declined to press charges
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Found justice only after presenting case to D.A. and police
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Department of Defence said in there were approximately 19,000 sexual assaults in the military in 2010 alone
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