vanessa guillen said she was sexually harassed before she disappeared from her army base. spired other service members to share similar stories on social media. meanwhile, vanessa's loved ones worried the missing persons case was going nowhere. but it turns out, a breakthrough was just around the corner. continuing now with "voices for vanessa". >> i want my sister back and they want her life. >> we need answers. >> vanessa guillen's family and her supporters were convinced that the army had been negligent in its response to her disappearance. >> this investigation was absolutely the number one priority. >> general donna martin says the army was doing everything possible to fine vanessa, and a lot of soldiers were helping. >> over 500 soldiers turned out at this point. they're searching their company areas. they're searching the installation. they're looking everywhere for vanessa. >> and in the weeks that followed, she says for investigators chased down every lead. >> we conducted over 300 interviews with members from the unit, and soldiers from fort hood. >> she says inve

vanessa guillen's family is who had to fight for her, not the united states military.y didn't go to bat for her. and so this is greatly going to affect whether women are going to join the service and is affecting them, because who wants to join a job knowing that there is a high percentage for you to be physically violated? nick: what's your response to that? christine: i have heard that too, frankly. i have heard it from our female recruiters in some cases, and i have heard those concerns expressed by young americans. and what i would say is this. first of all, sexual harassment and sexual assault is a national problem. it is not exclusively a military problem. it's not exclusively an army problem. so i think we need to focus on it as a society. but, that said, a bright spotlight shines on the united states army. and, particularly since the terrible murder of vanessa guillen, we have really worked hard in two areas, first of all, to do a better job of preventing those kinds of assaults in the first place. and starting at basic training, we are talking to our new soldi

especially since the terrible murder of vanessa guillen.ked to prevent those types of assaults in the first place. starting at basic training we are talking to our soldiers about what it looks like. how to respect each other. to make sure we stamp out that kind of behavior. we have tried to improve how we respond to those situations. to make sure we are taking care of the victim and holding perpetrators accountable. we have taken cases outside of the chain of command. we now have a special trial counsel that handles those types of cases. >> the problem remains, take a look at this statistic that we have. survey data it that 64% of young female prospects believe they would be sexually harassed. 61% believe they will be sexually assaulted in the military. the problem remains. >> it does. we have to step up and talk about it. we have to let people know what we are doing to try to get after this problem. our attention is historically high. that says women coming into the army want to stay in the army. i think we have to keep getting after that.