"It was severe betrayal": Military has failed to address domestic violence, survivors say

Just weeks after she gave birth abroad in 2018, Liz Knight called Army police after, she says, she was physically assaulted.


"He had put hands on me and was physical," Knight said. "It was my breaking point. I had a 5-week-old infant. I felt like I needed to protect myself and my son."

Military police investigated and found probable cause to charge the alleged perpetrator with assault. As is typical with the military disciplinary process, the consequences were determined by his commander, who issued a local letter of reprimand — which meant, Knight said, that it was wiped from his record the minute he left South Korea.