Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants
Women in the Army are more likely to be killed by fellow soldiers than enemy combatants, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by The Intercept. The analysis found that between 2011 and August 2025, at least 41 women died by homicide in the Army, with more than half of them at the hands of other service members or veterans. The military's hypermasculine culture and lack of data collection on domestic violence are contributing factors to the high rates of violence against women in the Army.
- ▪At least 41 women died by homicide in the Army between 2011 and August 2025, with more than half of them at the hands of other service members or veterans.
- ▪Over 70 percent of victims had an intimate relationship with the perpetrator at one point, and the rate of homicides among women soldiers from intimate partner violence is at least three times higher than the national average.
- ▪The Army doesn't make homicide and suicide death rates separated by gender or calculated per capita, preventing deeper analysis and comparison.
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| Publication time | Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:59:00 +0000 |
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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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