Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants
The rate of homicides among women soldiers from intimate partner violence is at least three times higher than the national average. The post Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants appeared first on The Intercept .
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Maximum Lethality Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants Collage: Trevor Davis Support Us Collage: Trevor Davis Daniel Johnson, Austin Campbell June 30 2026, 5:59 a.m. ET Share Copy link Share on Facebook Share on Bluesky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Roque had been in the Army for just over four years when a man fatally shot her in the head. Roque wasn’t in a war zone, and the killer wasn’t an enemy combatant. It was Wooster Rancy, a fellow soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, who had gone to Walmart for trash bags on the last day Roque was seen alive in October 2024. The Army found her body in a dumpster behind the barracks.
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