. >> reporter: melissa bryant says sexual harassment was common throughout her career in the militaryor veterans. >> it was just so egregiously disgusting sometimes that i would just laugh it off. >> reporter: she says she's proud of her service but suffered verbal sexual harassment during her time in the army. >> i usually got comments about my breasts. a lot. >> really? >> a lot. like, how do you manage to do pushups with those? >> and where any of the comments hitting on you? >> oh yes. they would say, oh, no offense man, i want one of the good-looking ones. >> melissa said she had to be careful about how she reacted, especially with superiors. but if it was your superior who made an inappropriate comment, and you did snap back, what would happen? >> there would be a reprimand at that point, probably. there was a real fear of retaliation. but >> reporter: it wasn't just her superiors. >> i was in company command and i had a soldier make comments toward me. i told him, you know, you really need to cut that out. and he said, why, what are you going to do about it? and in my mind i re