Female private files sexual harassment complaint with Space Force IG
GATEWAY STATION — In the latest sign of trouble for the nascent Space Force, Pfc. Jenette Vasquez of the Colonial Marine Corps has gone public with a sexual harassment complaint she has forwarded to the the Inspector General, sources confirmed today.
“I just got so sick of their crap,” Vasquez told Duffel Blog in an exclusive interview. “Every day it was ‘Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?’ Just because I can shoot better than any of those losers and have short hair does not make me a dude.”
Vasquez filed her complaint with the IG shortly after the USS Sulaco arrived at LV-426, one of three moons orbiting Calpamos, for a reconnaissance mission.
“I tried to talk to Lt. Gorman about it first, but he wouldn’t know what leadership was if it jumped up and hugged him in the face,” said Vasquez of her platoon commander, who did not respond to a request for comment since he was busy micro-managing a squad from the relative safety of an M577 Armored Personnel Carrier.
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