Military Sexual Assault Rate Still Shockingly High
A May, 2015 Department of Defense press briefing on sexual assault in the military revealed a new commitment by top military personnel to acknowledge and better understand the alarmingly high rate of sexual assault in the American military.
Under increasing pressure to address the rate of sexual assault in the military, the Defense Department created the Care for Victims of Sexual Assault Task Force in 2004. The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) office was created in 2005 to meet the need for a more centralized and comprehensive effort on the issue.
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