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Episode. >> upon arrival, celeste tells me she was kept in solitary confinement for three days. >> that's when i knew it was intentional. >> what was intentional? >> the retaliation. after she reported they were intentionally trying to silence her. >> if you try to speak up in this military, you are going to be reprimanded one way or another. >> would you say that the military intentionally tries to discredit victims? >> i don't know if i would say intentionally, but i would say habitually. it is the social retaliation. it is professional retaliation. so while you are telling your story over a...

One month into lockup with no end in sight, celeste asked a friend to post her story to social media. since vanessa guillen's murder this has become an effective strategy to speak out. >> #, i am vanessa guillen took off like wildfire. >> vanessa opened the door that we have been banging at for years. >> it was -- for the first time, i think, for so many survivors the opportunity to raise their hand and say yeah, this is me too. >> once celeste's story gained attention, it wasn't long after the marines offered her a plea deal. >> the prosecutor was trying to charge me for assaults for the ptsd...

Intimidated about saying anything about the things that he was telling you and showing you? >> if i didn't give him that attention back, he would have made my life hell. >> celeste feared that the superior officer might cross the line. from harassment to something worse. but she didn't anticipate what would happen with a fellow marine who she considered a friend. one weekend in 2020, celeste and a friend took a sight seeing trip off base. >> he had this girl he wanted to see. they met on tinneder. after we ate we were going to go to some club, but we decided to get a hotel. it was a two-bed ro...

The million terry within a year of reporting. >> they are discharged. >> discharged. 25% of those were forced out with less than a if ehonorable discharge. if you don't get an honorable discharge you lose benefits, gi bill, ability to get a va loan, you lose your ability to get medical care for injuries you received while on active duty. >> it could affect their the rest of their lives. >> the rest of their lives. >> at this point there is not much more she can do. the military has dropped the investigation into her aelged rape for lack of sufficient evidence. >> we are in a battle with celest...

But i was so motivated. when i first got my eagle globe and anchor, i cried. i wanted to become a drill instructor. i wanted to make a career out of the marines. >> in 2019, celeste arrived in booford, south carolina, ranked as private. how often are you talking to her while she's there in. >> she would call me about five times out of the week, at least. >> that's how i am with my mom, too but she sounded happy? >> sounded happy, yes. >> i wonder what it was like as a woman to be living day to day in a culture where everyone is built to be warriors? >> at first i liked it but then something ab...