Wendy Barranco trained as a combat medic. At her request, a surgeon let her work in the operating room, but then he wanted sexual favors in return. She explains why she never reported him: he was an important person, so “all I kept thinking was, ‘If I speak out, it’s going to be my word against him, and I’m just an E4, … so who are they going to believe? Are they going to get rid of the guy that’s making all the decisions and saving lives, or me?” She says many women soldiers don’t report abuse because of similar power relationships and because “you’re looked at as a snitch.” She says the military’s harassment training is useless because it ignores these daily realities.