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The Department of Defense is leaning on new policies as the solution to the problem of sexual assault in the military, which has hit a record high for female troops.
In total, the military received 8,866 reports of sexual assault in fiscal year 2021.
More female service members reported being sexually assaulted in 2021 than at any point since the military started tracking such data in 2006, according to a Department of Defense survey.
About 8.4% of female troops and 1.5% of male troops said they were assaulted while on duty during the past calendar year.