Opinion | The Military’s Broken Culture Around Sexual Violence and Suicide

Anne Vassas loved being a Marine.

She was always smiling. Younger members of her unit saw Corporal Vassas, 20, as something like a mother. Stationed in Iwakuni, Japan, she was re-enlisting for a second tour.

So it came as a shock when Corporal Vassas took her own life in August 2019, a month before her 21st birthday.