He managed to wrestle me onto my back, and I started freaking out. Gary Jones* Army, 1984–86 At first I thought he was playing around. Matthew Owen* Army, 1976–80 I heard one of them say, “Get that broom over there by the lockers.” He kept saying, “You're going to like this.” Richard Welch Air Force and Army, 1973–82 I was coming in and out of consciousness. Terry Neal Navy, 1975–77 The part that I remember before I passed out was somebody saying they were going to teach me a lesson. To understand this problem and why it persists twenty-two years after the Tailhook scandal, GQ interviewed military officials, mental-health professionals, and policymakers, as well as twenty-three men who are survivors not only of MST but also of a bureaucracy that has failed to protect them.
