WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st May, 2020) Sexual assault and harassment in the US armed forces are still rising despite a much publicized ongoing campaign to eradicate them, a new official report said on Thursday.
"The number of sexual assault reports by Service members increased by 3 percent in Fiscal Year 2019, compared to Fiscal Year 2018," the report said. "The Services received 6,236 reports in Fiscal Year 2019 from Service members indicating they experienced a sexual assault, up from 6,053 in Fiscal Year 2018."
The military also received 1,021 formal sexual harassment complaints, a 10 percent increase from 2018, the report said.
In addition to the service member reports, the Defense Department also received 937 reports from United States civilians and foreign nationals who alleged a sexual assault by a service member, the document added.
