Headlines announcing the latest sailor, soldier or airman facing sexual-assault charges have become staples at newsstands during the past several months. These stories put faces to the statistics on sexual assault in the military that the Department of Defense released in May: 26,000 service members, half men and half women, were sexually assaulted in 2012, but only 2,949 victims formally reported these crimes.
The low reporting rate can be attributed to the high rate of retaliation against victims who report assaults. Department of Defense data show that 62 percent of all military personnel who reported their assaults had experienced retaliation. These numbers reveal an epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military that is undeniably disturbing.
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