Discharge upheld for airman who reported sexual assault

My son recently separated from the Air Force after five years and I spoke to him about this issue.  What he told me about the attitudes towards Airmen seeking mental/behavioral help disturbed me greatly.  He had a very rough deployemnt to Iraq and chose to seek counseling through MilitaryOneSource rather than take the chance with on base services.  I then contacted other friends who have served in the Air Force (including a retired LtCol) and received similar descriptions.  Although the Air Force likes to tout itself as the 'modern, high-tech' service, my limited reasearch is showing them to be neandrethals when it comes to this topic.  If there are Airmen who have seen a different side of this, I would love to hear them speak up on this discussion.  It saddens me that we may have a service who is still discriminating against members who seek help and it needs to be brought to the attention of the Joint Chiefs ASAP.

Unfortunately, its all too common. This is why many Soldiers choose to not seek help.

http://veteransinfo.org/pd.html
http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/In-the-military-sex-assault-victims-labeled-as-4526251.php
http://ivn.us/2014/01/10/2014-ndaa-orders-investigation-into-wrongful-discharges-in-military/
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/14/health/military-sexual-assaults-personality-disorder/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/us/a-military-diagnosis-personality-disorder-is-challenged.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20131121/NEWS/311210023/Former-soldier-sues-Army-alleged-wrongful-mental-health-discharge

Sounds like a cover-up or a way to change the outcome of the investigation, either way not good publicity for either side or the service.