Nearly 60,000 US Female Veterans Reported Being Raped Or Assaulted Since 2002.

Pentagon: Sexual Assault Reporting Up Among Troops -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Reports of sexual assaults among U.S. military service members rose 11 percent last year, according to a study released by the Pentagon on Tuesday.

Some 3,230 reports of sexual assaults across all of the services were made during fiscal year 2009, which ended on September 30, 2009. That was up from the fiscal year 2008 number of 2,923 sexual assaults reported.

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More News On the Rise Of Sexual Assault Reporting In The US Military

Reports of sexual assault in military rose 11 percent in 2009 -- Miami Herald
Sex Assault Reports Rise in Military -- New York Times
Sexual assault reports rise in US military: Pentagon report -- AFP
Pentagon gets goal of more assault reports -- UPI
Sex assault reports up 11 percent last year -- Army Times
Reports of Sexual Assault Involving Military Servicemembers Rose in 2009 -- ABC News
Defense Department Notes Rise in Sexual Assault Reporting -- US Department of Defense

My Comment: 60,000 assaults since 2002 .... and my gut is telling me that this is just the tip of the iceberg .... that there are more cases of assaults that were never recorded or logged.