Soldier says she was sexually assaulted at Fort Sill in Oklahoma
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Soldiers at Fort Sill in Oklahoma have been suspended from duty pending the outcome of an investigation into a female soldier's allegations that she was sexually assaulted, the Army post's commanding general said.
Late last month, the soldier who was training at the post "reported that she was the victim of sexual assault involving Fort Sill cadre members," Maj. Gen. Ken Kamper said in a statement Thursday. The woman made a formal complaint on March 27, but it is unclear when the alleged assault took place. Kamper also didn't say how many people are alleged to have been involved, only referring to them as members of a cadre. He said they were "suspended from their normal duties, removed from any trainee environment and are all presumed innocent pending a full and thorough investigation."Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.