At Least 13% Rise In Sexual Assault Cases In US Military In 2021: Pentagon
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According to report, at least 8,866 sex assaults cases reported at US military academies last year.Washington: The number of sexual assaults in the US military increased by 13 percent in fiscal year 2021, reaching a record high, according to an annual report published Thursday by the Pentagon.The Department of Defense's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPR) said there were 8,866 reported assaults "involving service members as either victims or subjects" in the year to September 30, 2021, compared to 7,813 the previous year.But only a portion of sexual assaults are reported to authorities, and the SAPR, using surveys of the troops, estimates that nearly 36,000 active duty servicewomen and men -- 8.4 percent of women and 1.5 percent of men -- experienced unwanted sexu...