“A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for ‘abusive sexual contact’ and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. Just last week an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office was himself arrested on charges of groping a woman in a parking lot.”

Read more at: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57584515/fort-hood-sex-assault-prevention-coordinator-accused-of-abuse/

The article reports, “The chief of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch has been removed from the position following his weekend arrest on a sexual battery charge in Arlington, Va., according to an Air Force spokeswoman.”

Read more at: http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20130506/NEWS/305060040/USAF-sexual-assault-prevention-chief-charged-sexual-battery

See also: Sexual assaults in the military up 35% since 2010 from USA Today, 5/7/13

“The Department of Defense yesterday released updated policies and procedures aimed at combating sexual assaults in the military and improving care for victims.”

Read more at: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=119655

The article reports, “In a historic bipartisan vote on Tuesday, the Senate passed Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-N.H.) amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act that would extend abortion insurance coverage to victims of rape in the military. If the House of Representatives decides to include the measure in its version of the defense bill, military servicewomen who have become pregnant from rape will no longer have to pay out of pocket for an abortion procedure for the first time since 1981.”

View the full article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/abortion-military-rape-jeanne-shaheen_n_2244668.html

The article reports, “The Department of Defense received 3,192 reports of sexual assaults last year, a number that includes instances of rape, aggravated sexual assault, abusive sexual conduct and indecent assault. However, Defense Department officials estimate the actual number is closer to 19,000. While men also suffer sexual violence, advocates for women veterans say female service members are more likely to be raped by a comrade than killed in the line of duty.”

View the full article at: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/10/12/social-issue/veterans-pentagon-sexual-assault-military/

The article reports, “Of the estimated 19,000 reported sexual assaults and rapes in the armed forces last year, the majority were actually committed against men. Men are assaulted at a lower rate — 1% of servicemen reported being attacked by a comrade last year versus 4.4% of women — but that still translates to more than 10,000 cases compared with 9,000 attacks on female recruits and officers.”

View the full article at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/majority-sexual-assaults-rapes-committed-military-2011-men-article-1.1150235