No explanation was given for the discrepancy...

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Sex assault reports in US military increase
(AP)

22 March 2007



WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults in the US military increased by about 24 percent last year and more than twice as many offenders were punished.

There were nearly 3,000 sexual assault reports filed in 2006, compared with almost 2,400 the previous year, a Pentagon report said Wednesday. Action was taken against 780 people, from courts-martial and discharges to other administrative remedies.

The cases involved members of the military who were victims or accused of the assaults. The military counts rape, nonconsensual sodomy, indecent assault and attempts to commit any of those as sexual assault, though the 17-page report contained no data on how many of each were reported.

This is the third year the military has compiled these sexual assault statistics. The reporting methods have changed each year, however, making comparisons of the annual reports difficult. snip

The report provided a breakdown of some of the assaults, saying that 756 of the victims were members of the military. However, numbers for the categories listed -- 285 were in the Army, 247 in the Air Force, 144 in the Navy, 48 in the Marines and one was in the Coast Guard—added up to 725. No explanation was given for the discrepancy.

i know the military protects our country and everything but i have no respect for it as an institution