U.S. Air Force Appalled By The Number Of Sex Assaults In The Service

Air Force General Calls Widespread Sex Assaults Within Service Ranks A 'Cancer' -- Daily Mail

* There were nearly 800 reports of sexual assault cases, ranging from inappropriate touching to rape in 2012
* Dozens of female recruits at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio say they were sexually harassed by instructors

Likening sexual assault in the Air Force's ranks to a cancer, the service's top officer resolved Wednesday to tackle the problem by screening personnel more carefully and putting an end to bad behaviors like binge drinking that can lead to misconduct.

But Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, underscored the challenge by telling a House oversight committee that the service recorded a disturbing number of reports of sexual assault last year even as it worked to curb misconduct in the wake of a sex scandal at its training headquarters in Texas.

Dozens of young female recruits and airmen at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio were victimized by their instructors who sexually harassed, improperly touched or raped them.

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More News On The U.S. Air Force's Report On Sexual Assaults For 2012

Air Force Officials Aim to Eliminate Sexual Assault -- US Department of Defense
Air Force Aims To Root Out Sexual Harassment -- Wall Street Journal
Air Force’s top officer tells lawmakers reports of sexual assaults within service grew in 2012 -- Washington Post/AP
Air Force general calls sex assault within service a cancer: 'I will never stop attacking this problem' -- New York Daily News/AP
Scope of U.S. Air Force sexual assault case "stunning:" general -- Reuters
Air Force officials testify about sexual assaults -- Washington Times
Air Force calls number of sex assaults 'appalling' -- FOX News/AP
Air Force Chief Calls Sex Misconduct a ‘Cancer’ -- ABC News
General admits failure in Lackland sex scandal; 32 alleged culprits -- L.A. Times
USAF chief, brass to review sex assaults -- UPI
Air Force appalled by the number of sex assaults -- RT
Air Force chief says sexual assaults are a 'cancer' to be stopped -- Government Executive
Air Force defends handling of sex scandal -- L.A. Times
How the Air Force is fighting sexual assault, post-Lackland scandal -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Little has changed since Tailhook, based on Lackland scandal testimony -- Joyce Tsai,
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