>>Lewis stated he “was raped by a senior petty officer ... told by a commander not to report it, and later was diagnosed with a personality disorder and discharged.” <<
I don’t think I would have reported this as a rape to the Commander. I would have been reporting a self defense homicide and asking for the removal of the corpse from the barracks.
I fully agree with your opinion on the state of our military today.
Self defense is an excellent policy, and I hope it will become the standard in our military (and in civilian life). All rapists should end up at room temperature sooner rather than later, whether homosexual, heterosexual, or anywhere else in this fictional GLBTQ alphabet soup. All uniformed personnel should be armed with at least a knife and willing to use it to protect themselves and those who would otherwise become victims in the future. Self defense is the only decent response to any encounter with violent evil.