A new report released by the US Military, has estimated a major spike in sexual assaults throughout the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, despite efforts to curb these acts.
Although Sexual harassment and assault is illegal in the US the report presents a 38% increase in recorded incidents since 2016, with only a third of assaults being reported, and the youngest recruits being most at risk.
Upon the reports release Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan directed the military to "criminalise" sexual harassment, stating, the military are not performing to the standards and expectations we have for ourselves or for each other."