US Marine Corps.

San Francisco, CA: (Jun-07-07) Two female high school students filed charges against Sgts. Joseph Dunzweiler and Brian Fukushima, of the US Marine Corps, alleging that the two recruiters raped them at a slumber party at a Ukiah recruiting office. The women were in high school, 17-years-old, and interested in joining the military in late 2004 when they claimed Dunzweiler and Fukushima raped them. The women claimed that they were drinking and playing cards at a recruiting station slumber party when Fukushima climbed into one of their sleeping bags on the floor of the station and took off her pants. Two other recruiters were having sex with two of her friends in the same room. Both recruiters were demoted after court-martial proceedings, but acquitted of the most serious charges.

In a settlement reached, the US Marine Corps agreed to revamp its recruiting practices in Northern California and pay $200,000 to the two young women. The unusual settlement requires notices to be posted at recruiting stations throughout the region advising potential recruits how to reach a confidential advocate if they feel a recruiter has behaved inappropriately, and explaining that young women have the right to work with a female recruiter. The settlement also requires female supervision at slumber parties with female recruits. [SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: RECRUITER MISCONDUCT]

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Published on Jun-8-07