Military culture can silence victims: expert West said she was sexually assaulted by a senior ranking officer, "who was beloved in my unit," during a house party in 2008. When she needed medical attention in the days that followed, she felt pressured to disclose that she had been assaulted. Soon after, she said, her commanding officer called her into his office, and asked: "What do you want me to do about this?" West said she couldn't imagine asking her boss to pursue allegations, or what might happen to her if he did. At the time, she felt the assault was in some way her fault.