A 23-year-old Washington, D.C., woman who says she was raped on a Marine Corps base just blocks from the U.S. Capitol said she never thought she’d be in danger among members of the military. “I thought I was going to a place where I would be safe,” Karalen Morthole told NBC News. “In my head, I thought these are people who are supposed to be protecting me.” This week a Marine Corps general ordered that Master Sgt. Ronald E. Bohlayer be charged with raping Morthole after a night of partying and drinking last summer at the historic Marine Barracks on Capitol Hill. The charges come as the entire U.S. military is under fire for its handling of sexual assault cases.
