
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, December 13, 1994                   TAG: 9412130097
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
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NAVY PROBES WOMAN'S ALLEGED 1992 BEATING

A female Navy recruit at an Orlando, Fla., boot camp allegedly was ordered into a shower, kicked and beaten with broom handles by three company commanders - at the same time the Navy was cracking down on harassment of its female sailors.

The recruit, one of the first women to enroll in the Navy's integrated boot camp, reported the Aug. 12, 1992 incident, but no action was taken against the enlisted instructors, according to an internal Navy document obtained by the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and the Ledger-Star.

The woman has been transferred to the Portsmouth (Va.) Naval Medical Center, where she is awaiting a discharge for a medical disability that may be linked to the beating.

Details about the incident surfaced last month when the woman told a corpsman at the Portsmouth hospital that she was suffering from an equilibrium disorder. The corpsman notified the command.

An investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was launched Nov. 30.

by CNB