Military Sexual Assault Cases Put Pentagon Under Fire

[Tx4obama]

Military Sexual Assault Cases Put Pentagon Under Fire

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR 05/15/13
Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- One after another, the charges have tumbled out – allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.

But for a Pentagon under fire, there seem to be few clear solutions beyond improved training and possible adjustments in how the military prosecutes such crimes. Changing the culture of a male-dominated, change-resistant military that for years has tolerated sexism and sexist behavior is proving to be a challenging task.

"We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this problem," the top U.S. military officer, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said in unusually strong terms Wednesday. "That's a crisis."

Dempsey, whose comments during a flight from Europe to Washington were reported by the Pentagon's internal news service, suggested that a deepening of the sexual assault problem may be linked to the strains of war.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/military-sexual-assault_n_3283666.html

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MILITARY_SEXUAL_ASSAULT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-15-22-04-29

A Good Read.

[Sherman A1]

1. I think a place to start and it's only just a start

is to get the Military back home or mostly back home and draw down the forces overall. It's time to end silly programs like the F35 and Littoral Combat Ship that waste huge amounts of money, use the money for better training of forces, caring for the needs of the forces and their families, a change of culture and do some real serious re-thinking of what we want our Military to be and to do.

But, that's just my opinion.