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•        23% of women have experienced military sexual assault
•        11% of women have experienced rape
•        1.2% of men have experienced rape
•        Service branch with the highest percentage of women reporting sexual trauma:
         Army (recently changed from Marine Corps)
•        20% of women seeking care at VA facilities have experienced sexual trauma
•        1% of men seeking care at VA facilities have experienced sexual trauma
•        8.3 percentage of women report lifetime PTSD related to MST
•        More than half of the incidents took place at a military work site and during duty
         hours
•        The majority of the offenders in these cases were military personnel
•        Factors that increase risk of sexual assault for active duty females include
         presence of officers who condone or allow sexual harassment and unwanted sexual
         attention

Sources:
-Department of Defense: 2006 Annual Report on Military Services Sexual Assault [pdf]
-Department of Veterans Affairs, "Military Sexual Trauma Among The Reserve Components Of The Armed
Forces"
-American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2003. "Factors associated with women's risk of rape in the military
environment." Sadler, Anne, et al.

Sexual Trauma in the Armed Forces
•        Number of sexual assaults reported in 2006: 2,947
•        Number of sexual assaults by service members reported in 2006: 1,167
•        Number of sexual assaults reported in 2007: 2,714
•        Number of sexual assaults by service members reported in 2007: 2,085

-Please note that the numbers above are unrestricted reports which means they have
to tell everything. In the civilian world only 40% of women are willing to even report
the incident to the police. (numbers according to RAINN) From my experience it's a
much lower percentage reporting assault or rape in the military.
*PBS NOW http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/336/fact-check-military-sexual-trauma.html

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