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After hearing the woman’s allegations, the colleague felt required to report them, launching what would become the US Coast Guard’s most sweeping investigation into sexual assaults at its academy.
CNN examined the case at the center of the US Coast Guard’s most sweeping investigation into sexual assaults at its academy. Her case not only shows how the Coast Guard routinely dismissed serious sexual misconduct in the past, but also how its failures continue to reverberate.
(CNN) — A secret investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the US Coast Guard Academy, the training ground for the Coast Guard’s top officers, uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials. The findings of the probe, dubbed “Operation Fouled Anchor,” were kept confidential by the agency’s top leadership for several years. Coast Guard officials briefed members of Congress this month a
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy concealed the results of an investigation showing rampant sexual assault and poor discipline at the academy for years.
Most of the credibly accused suspects never faced criminal investigations, instead being slapped with extra homework or lowered class standings if they were punished with administrative violations at all.