Posted on 04/23/2015 10:47:47 AM PDT by PROCON
(CNSNews.com) - Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told a group of ROTC cadets on Wednesday that sexual assault is a "particular challenge and a particular disgrace" to the U.S. military.
He noted that last year, far more men (10,400) than women (8,500) "experienced unwanted sexual contact."
"We've made some progress," Carter said. "We seem to have seen some decrease in the estimated number of assaults, and we seem to have seen some increase in those reporting an assault.
"But, last year, we estimated that at least 18,900 servicemembers -- 10,400 men and 8,500 women -- experienced unwanted sexual contact."
Carter added that "too few" men reported the incidents as sexual assault.
"So, altogether that's 18,900 too many. No man or woman who serves in the United States military should ever be sexually assaulted."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
In the olden days of George Washington, a sodomite would be drummed out of the Army, today’s equivalent of a dishonorable discharge.
“Head Quarters, V. Forge, Saturday, March 14, 1778.”
“At a General Court Martial whereof Colo. Tupper was President (10th March 1778) Lieutt. [Frederick Gotthold] Enslin of Colo. Malcom’s Regiment tried for attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier; Secondly, For Perjury in swearing to false Accounts, found guilty of the charges exhibited against him, being breaches of 5th. Article 18th. Section of the Articles of War and do sentence him to be dismiss’d the service with Infamy.
“His Excellency the Commander in Chief [George Washington] approves the sentence and with Abhorrence and Detestation of such Infamous Crimes orders Lieutt. Enslin to be drummed out of Camp tomorrow morning by all the Drummers and Fifers in the Army never to return; The Drummers and Fifers to attend on the Grand Parade at Guard mounting for that Purpose.”
HOW far we have fallen!
Especially if she outranks you.
darn. AGAIN the men outnumber the women.
Women just can’t win.
Maybe some women should be wearing red high heels.
Will the feminists be complaining about sexual assault eniquality?
That is a benefit to them - less risk of death.
Those of us who have served in uniform have fought the acceptance of openly gay individuals for years. The issues are that gay officers and NCOs can and do use their positions of authority to seduce and entrap younger subordinates. Gays are not monogamous, rather they are extremely promiscuous and they form networks throughout units and services. They are primarily loyal to each other, not the service or the UCMJ.
The Marine Corps had a real problem with senior females who formed the “Lesbian Mafia” in the 90s. They controlled the promotions and assignments for all women within the Marine Corps and if a Marine did what they wanted, they did well. It took intensive investigation by the IG and tough discipline to break it up.
Now the tools to rid this problem are gone. Worse, gays are being treated as a privileged class and violations are being hidden from the public and unpunished. I have spoken to several young officers who have had enough absolutely enough and are resigning their commissions.
I will encourage my children to stay away from the service unless and until this abuse is once again prohibited.
Must be all of those overly aggressive female soldiers. All that pent up estrogen. Somebody’s bound to get hurt.
weird how the MSM covered this for women last year but not for men, very strange.
Maybe they will get around to it or there are too busy with covering other news like where is Kim Khardasian >sp> going on vacation or Clinton getting Mexican food.
Yea FOX would rather cover the fairy in the white house doing a presentation for a football team than report this of which we or many of us true conservatives said would happen.
No one could have predicted this. /super heavy SARCASM ALERT/
My guess is that it's #2 because I am *damn* cute! LOL.
No. Allowing the use of deadly force against a sexual assailant is "the most important way to eradicate sexual assault".
It is also the most appropriate. Otherwise, there will be "accidents" at sea, and "accidents" in the field, and "accidents" off-base during liberty. And the jock faggots who think it is a joke need to die like the rest of them.
Who could have possibly seen THIS coming? Sodomites given carte’ blanche to flaunt their perversion; and if a straight individual repulses their advances it can be labeled a hate crime. Judgement is coming!
And Ashton Carter; is that a real person? Sounds like that whimpy pantywaist character in GONE WITH THE WIND.
It’s #1
I sure hope the answer to this wasn’t military provided lubricants.
I am old school... back when selection was limited.
Facilitating this abuse of power is what Obama’s polices are all about .
Ironically, the current Democrat Feminist strategy of using claims sexual abuse as a weapon against men is backfiring on their Gays in the military strategy and causing blow back on the gay rights agenda .
Sexual abuse in the military is overwhelmingly committed by homosexuals against member of their own sex.
If you look at the breakdown, sex abuse charges by women soldiers are often generated by aggressive and predatory butch lesbians preying on straight women
Heterosexual sex in the military is overwhelmingly consensual, which causes a whole lot of other problems despite it’ consensual nature.
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