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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 06, 2021, 11:49:58 am
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18 Army instructors charged with sexual abuse since 2019, data shows
Davis Winkie
Between January 2019 and January 2021, the Army charged 18 soldiers under a new law designed to protect trainees, cadets and applicants from sexual abuse, according to data the Army provided to Military Times.
Article 93a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice criminalizes prohibited sexual relationships between recruiters or training instructors (such as drill sergeants) and “specially protected junior member of the armed forces†such as applicants, delayed entry program members, or servicemembers still undergoing initial training.
The Article 93a data, first obtained by Military Times, offers an unprecedented snapshot of the prevalence of sexual misconduct involving trainees, cadets, recruits and their instructors. An Army spokesperson explained that the service had no good way of tracking such misconduct — when it rises to the level of criminal charges — before 2019.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/04/05/18-army-instructors-charged-with-sexual-abuse-since-2019-data-shows/
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PLEASE note that "Charged" ain't the same thing as "convicted".