I have bigger concerns. The CG comes off here as pretty clueless in dealing with rape cases. Why didn't he have a process in place and some people on staff, legal and psych, to handle these cases?
And I have to ask, did this young lady have any business training to be a warrior? She couldn't figure out a way to protect herself from a date rape in a house full of people, her reaction to the General was to cry, and instead of gutting out a bad situation at the Academy, she quit. If I were a pilot, I wouldn't want her on my wing. I'm not excusing the guy - if he did the crime he does the time. But what would this lady do in a situation where reaction to stress could mean life or death, like, say, being captured by the Iraqis?
Where do you get that? The article says she's graduating this summer.