According to the newest DoD report, greater than 35,000 troops reported undesirable sexual contact in fiscal 12 months 2021. The report additionally discovered that belief in the approach that the army handles such circumstances ahs dropped. The Air Force just lately launched a brand new pilot program to higher tackle the difficulty.
- The intent of the program is to co-locate the companies survivors of sexual assault might have to assist guarantee survivors obtain the assist they want, Gina Ortiz Jones, below secretary of the U.S. Air Force, stated.
- The pilot program is at present working at six bases in and outdoors of the U.S., and the preliminary qualitative suggestions has been constructive, she defined.
- If the Air Force has to function in a CR for a 12 months, it loses $12 billion of shopping for energy, which may have a unfavorable impact on the Air Force and its applications, in accordance with Ortiz Jones.
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WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 05: Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) addresses Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army on Army bodily requirements throughout a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the U.S. Army’s Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 12 months 2023, at the U.S. Capitol, on May 5, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
INDIAN SPRINGS, NV – SEPTEMBER 14: An F-15 Eagle drops flares throughout a U.S. Air Force firepower demonstration at the Nevada Test and Training Range September 14, 2007 close to Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
