{"id":26163,"date":"2019-02-13T23:05:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T23:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/13\/as-sexual-assault-cases-rise-service-academy-superintendents-struggle-for-solutions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:28:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:28:03","slug":"as-sexual-assault-cases-rise-service-academy-superintendents-struggle-for-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/13\/as-sexual-assault-cases-rise-service-academy-superintendents-struggle-for-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"As sexual assault cases rise, service academy superintendents struggle for solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Lawmakers on Wednesday angrily chastised military officials for not doing enough to address the \u201ccrisis\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/31\/dod-estimate-academy-sex-assaults-up-47-since-2016\/\" target=_blank>sexual assault at the three service academies<\/a>, noting that their promises for change have not resulted in better results so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter a decade-plus of concerted efforts to address sexual harassment and assault, the problem has only gotten worse,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/25\/house-panel-takes-aim-at-legal-roadblock-to-military-malpractice-lawsuits\/\" target=_blank>Rep. Jackie Speier<\/a>, D-Calif., during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the issue. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a blip, a \u2018me too\u2019 bump, or some accident. It\u2019s a clear illustration of a destructive trend and systemic problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event \u2014 the second of the day by a congressional committee on the issue \u2014 came about two weeks after the release of the latest report from the Defense Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/21\/sexual-assault-here-are-the-bases-where-troops-are-most-at-risk\/\" target=_blank>Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office<\/a>. The document found that the number of cadets reporting unwanted sexual encounters has increased almost 50 percent since 2016, to 747 incidents last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/31\/dod-estimate-academy-sex-assaults-up-47-since-2016\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/40560396820_fe14c9f8a5_h.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Academy sex assaults up 47% since 2016, DoD estimates<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The largest reported increase occurred at West Point.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said the reporting rate of sexual assault for women at the academies is nearly four times higher than that of the active-duty force, and nearly three times higher for male cadets than their active-duty peers. The figures are closer to other colleges across the country, though military members repeatedly said they hold their members to higher conduct standards than that population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike in previous years, where defense officials blamed the rise to changes in reporting assaults and better awareness of the problem, superintendents of the academies said the figures represent a failure to address underlying cultural issues at the institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They listed a host of new changes in the past year, including more pre-enrollment character checks, monitoring social media posts for problematic behavior, stricter alcohol rules and expanded training for cadets and leaders about the problems of sexual harassment and sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe can not tolerate this behavior, and we will not stop until we get this right,\u201d said Elizabeth Van Winkle, executive director for force resiliency at the department\u2019s personnel and readiness office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But outside experts questioned whether that is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Air Force Col. Don Christensen, president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, said only a small percentage of sexual assault charges result in a conviction, even though Defense Department officials estimate that less than 2 percent of such charges are baseless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFailure to deal with these cases means hundreds of sex offenders are being commissioned into the active-duty force every year,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a perception among the individuals we talk to that leadership does not really care about this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/09\/21\/sexual-assault-here-are-the-bases-where-troops-are-most-at-risk\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shoes2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Sexual assault: Here are the bases where troops are most at risk<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Navy ships are the most dangerous, according to new Pentagon study ranking installations on risk of assault.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense officials disputed that, but also struggled to come up with additional answers to the problem. When asked if they needed additional resources or congressional authorities, all three superintendents said they could not think of any such needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. 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