What,Ladies,slip an icepick between his ribs.If it'd been one of my daughters,they'd have fragged his ass.

Its not juist the academies folks, They have problems on bases and on ships, you might say land air and sea Im not sure about air. As womens roles expand in the military so does their victimization. Is anyone really suprised?They have idiots in all branches of service. Most are pretty decent but their is always a few that think rules do not apply to them.

Although the actual number of reported Navy assaults dropped, defense officials are concerned that there appears to be a "statistical" decrease in the number of "anonymous" reports in Navy surveys. It is feared fewer victims are willing to come forward and report such attacks.

If the numbers don't look the way you want them too, then you just assume that they are wrong. Military logic. Leadership (especially weak ones like we have now) always knee-jerk at weak stories, just wait until they get ahold of this one.

Navy Chief Retired

If the military would adopt a "Zero Tolerance" for sexual assault, it would happen less often. It is the same in the rest of our society, we tolerate way too much. What we need is thug control. Maybe the ladies should carry a Kbar.

U.S. Army Europe in Wiesbaden Germany had 14 cases of reported sexual assault last year- charges were filed in two and no convictions

Okay,
this problem, or all of these problems if you like, could be avoided very
easily if we weren't engaged in the paradoxical experiment of trying to include
women in the military to let them prove what strong, tough, little, perfectly
equal-to-men-soldiers they can be, and at the same time trying desperately to
protect them from becoming the inherent sexual victims they are so obviously at
risk to be. You can't have it both ways, it's simply impossible. Let the
military be the military; an organization of tough men with it's own set of
rules. Women do not belong in it for a slew of great reasons, not the least of
which being they cannot compete with men physically. How can you say, "I'm
just as tough as you are, and I need more outside help to protect me from your
sexual assault"? Equal in value, not equal in abilities. That's what role
differentiation is about.

You're in the Army now bitchs!...Hope you like it!

I wrote my Republican congressman a few years ago when I first read about this insult. I have 5 daughters and am a Vietnam Vet who encouraged daughters to join a service. My congressman replied that issues "were being studied" but despite a later request for an update I wasn't able to produce anything.

More assults go unreported because so many top brass threaten them with "future" consequences and the proscution rate is low and the convection rate is lower yet. Americans should be ashamed and be real pissed..

Cut their nuts out and kick them out of the free college they are getting at taxpayers expense. Congress has known about this for 5 years but has done nothing to kick military brass in the ass to solve the problem. Weak minded macho men and weaker officers contribute to the problem. Congress should be fired for this and many other reasons..all of them.

Why is everyone surprised by this? The subject was brought forth when it was demanded by the liberals that women should be included in an all male military institutions in the name of their version of "equality". To the manic obsessive control-freaks all that matters is getting one's own way no matter the consequences.

I suspect that alcohol and drugs play a large part of this. I read somewhere that approximately 30% of female soldiers are victims of sexual assault. I recommend a "Zero Tolerance Policy" for sexual assault. We will have whatever we tolerate.

I wonder how many of the assault claims turn out to be false charges.

The US military acvademies, especially the Air Force Academy a full of right-wing religious nut cadets and administrators who belive women are doormats who should walk ten feet behind them. It's time for the Comander-in Chief to clean them out.

The Air Force Academy has long been full of right-wing religious nuts who feel women are inferiors who should walk ten feet behind them. The Commander and Chief should clear out this nest of predators.

As to the Air Force being number one. Either they are AMORAL, or they are honestly reporting it. Most Air Force people I know have a superior holier than thou attitude.

It may have something to do with the s h i t they let into the military these days. Waivers for gang bangers and every other sh i t ba g lets all kinds of scum slip through the cracks.

sad

As a member of the armed forces, and as someone who has gone through many hours of sexual assault prevention and awareness training for the military, I have to shake my head in disbelief that this is still an issue to the extent that it is. The fact that it seems to be on the rise at the service academies - places that accept men and women to their programs based on the strength of their character and leadership potential - makes the situation even worse. So what's the solution when one sexual assault is too many, and yet there are an estimated 19,000 incidents that take place across the military? Clearly there is a disconnect when all branches spend an incredible amount of time and resources to bring awareness to this issue in an effort to prevent it from happening, and yet the number of reported (and presumably unreported) incidents climbs. Is it worth it to bring in external consultants to examine the training and the culture and make recommendations as to how we can change? Because obviously PowerPoint presentations and training videos aren't getting the message across effectively enough. The military lifestyle already imposes enough stress - fear of sexual assault amongst the ranks should not have to add to it.