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Sexual assault in the United States armed forces is an ongoing issue which has received extensive media coverage in the past. A 2012 Pentagon survey found that approximately 26,000 women and men were sexually assaulted that year; of those, only 3,374 cases were reported. [ 2] In 2013, a new Pentagon report found that 5,061 troops reported cases ...
August 14, 2024 at 11:32 AM. By Joseph Ax. (Reuters) - The number of sexual assaults in the U.S. military is likely significantly higher than official government estimates, according to a new ...
The Costs of War Project report comes a year after a Pentagon report found that reports of sexual assault at the nation’s three military academies rose more than 18% from 2021 to 2022, hitting a ...
In 2017, eighteen women graduated from the United States Army's first gender-integrated infantry basic training for enlisted soldiers. [75] In 2019, Laura Yeager became the first woman to lead a US Army infantry division (specifically, the National Guard's 40th Infantry Division). [76]
Reports of sexual assaults in the US military dropped for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a new Pentagon report released on Thursday, breaking what had been an upward trend in ...
Here are some takeaways from the latest assessment of sexual assaults in the U.S. military: ACTIVE-DUTY TROOPS, BY THE NUMBERS. During the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were 8,515 sexual assaults involving members of the U.S. military, a decrease from 8,942 in 2022. Despite the decline, the 8,515 is the third-highest number of reported ...
The Pentagon reports that the number of reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military rose by 8 percent this year from 2007. Shawna Kimbrell becomes the first black female fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force. Christy Isis Achanzar becomes the first Filipina to graduate from West Point.
Pentagon officials are cautiously optimistic that an overall decline in reported sexual assaults among active-duty service members and the military academies suggests that leaders are finally ...