Exposure to sexual assault in the U.S. military doubled the odds that a service member would leave the military within 28 months, and sexual harassment was associated with roughly 8% of all military separations during this same time period, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation.
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Exposure to sexual assault in the U.S. military doubled the odds that a service member would leave the military within 28 months, and sexual harassment was associated with roughly 8% of all military separations during this same time period, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation.
Specifically, the report estimates that sexual assaults were associated with 2,000 more separations than would normally be expected, and another 8,000 separations were associated with sexual harassment. Sexual assault and sexual harassment are associated with a wide range of harms to individual service members, but this study highlights another negative impact of these crimes - higher rates of attrition and associated harms to force readiness. said Andrew Morral, senior behavioral scientist at nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND and lead author of the report. We estimate that sexual assaults and harassment of service members that occurred in a single year were associated with the premat
New defense secretary s 1st order: A review of military sex assault prevention
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed during his confirmation hearings to immediately address sexual assault and harassment in the ranks. Author: LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Published: 7:59 PM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 7:59 PM EST January 26, 2021
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn t.
Austin s memo, which went out Saturday, fulfills a commitment he made to senators last week during confirmation hearings. He had vowed to immediately address the problems of sexual assault and harassment in the ranks.
The Harvard Crimson
âThe Achilles Heel of Title IXâ
Students pursuing complaints of sexual misconduct at institutions other than their own said they faced both logistical and psychological hurdles while seeking restitution through Title IX offices. Experts said such inter-institutional cases can fall through the cracks of Title IX legislation.
Harvard s campus bubble is permeable â students in the Boston area frequently attend events and functions at other colleges and universities. If they are sexually assaulted or harassed by members of other institutions and they choose to raise concerns, it can force them to navigate byzantine complaint processes in unfamiliar places.
11 The 378th Air Expeditionary Wing is launching a program called Team Phoenix to help members get the most out of the installation’s helping agencies.
Twenty-two trained personnel from various units across the wing can now help point people to the right helping agency to suit their needs, whether it be Mental Health, Equal Opportunity, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, or the Chapel.
“We know it is sometimes hard for service members to just walk into a helping agency and ask for help” said 1st Lt. Laura Schaefer, 378th AEW Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and Team Phoenix program lead. “The goal is to identify and train peers in their units who can help them in these tough situations and get them to the experts to help with whatever situation they may be dealing with.”