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Pentagon discloses data on sexual assault reports on military bases
Source: Reuters
#U.S. NOVEMBER 17, 2017 / 5:55 PM / UPDATED 15 HOURS AGO
Pentagon discloses data on sexual assault reports on military bases
Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Friday disclosed for the first time base-by-base data on sexual assault reports, showing a higher number of reports at big military installations like Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia as well as overseas hubs like South Korea.
Sexual assault in the military, which is defined as anything from groping to rape, is believed to be significantly higher than the number of reports. The Pentagon said it estimates that, in 2016, less than a third of service members who experienced a sexual assault reported it.
Still, that was an improvement in reporting from previous years, the Pentagon said.
According to the newly released data, a collection of U.S. bases in South Korea had a combined 211 reports of sexual assault while Norfolk had 270 reports of sexual assault in the 2016 fiscal year, which began in October 2015 and ended in September 2016. That is down slightly from 291 cases at Norfolk in 2015.
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Pentagon discloses data on sexual assault reports on military bases
Reuters Staff
2 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Friday disclosed for the first time base-by-base data on sexual assault reports, showing a higher number of reports at big military installations like Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia as well as overseas hubs like South Korea.
Sexual assault in the military, which is defined as anything from groping to rape, is believed to be significantly higher than the number of reports. The Pentagon said it estimates that, in 2016, less than a third of service members who experienced a sexual assault reported it.
Still, that was an improvement in reporting from previous years, the Pentagon said.
According to the newly released data, a collection of U.S. bases in South Korea had a combined 211 reports of sexual assault while Norfolk had 270 reports of sexual assault in the 2016 fiscal year, which began in October 2015 and ended in September 2016. That is down slightly from 291 cases at Norfolk in 2015.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-sexualassault/pentagon-discloses-data-on-sexual-assault-reports-on-military-bases-idUSKBN1DH2TT