The Invisible Casualty

A combat veteran details the cascade of military justice missteps and omissions that led to a 30-year prison term.

In 2013 his girlfriend at the time accused him of sexual assault. This accusation came amid surmounting pressure from Congressional leaders to curb sexual assault in the military. This environment was a product of the release of the 2012 documentary The Invisible War, which highlighted a "rape culture in the military," and created a situation where senior military leaders were focused on eliminating the "hook-up culture" from the Air Force. The filmmakers of The Invisible War credit the documentary for popularizing the #Me Too movement. Despite the fact that the relationship itself was consensual, and there was not a single piece of evidence to suggest that he committed the crimes for which he was accused, he was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. This journal details the injustice of the investigation, arrest, pretrial, trial, and conviction of an Invisible Casualty.

Robert Condon is a writer from Ohio. He served in the Air Force from 2003 to 2013 and is a decorated combat veteran, with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan along with multiple deployments to both Africa and the Middle East where he conducted intelligence operations with the special operations command. In 2014 he was convicted of sexual assault at the height of the #MeToo movement and given a 30-year prison sentence, the longest prison sentence for sexual assault in the history of the Air Force. Since his conviction, he has authored and published a number of books and fantasy thriller novels.