Media Reports on Shocking Number of Military Sexually Abusing Kids

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Media Reports on Shocking Number of Military Sexually Abusing Kids

January 4th, 2016

Awake Goy

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According to the Department of Defense (DoD), hundreds of times a year there is an incident involving children of members of the US Armed Forces is sexually assaulted by serving males.

The second most category of abusers are family members.

At least 1,584 children of military members were sexually assaulted between 2010 and 2014. Of that, 840 of those children were abused by serving members of the US Armed Forces.

The available data showed that these pedophiles were male officers of rank E-4 to E-6. Marine corporals, sergeants and staff sergeants were more likely to assault a child, while 49 cases involved officers.

The victims were majority female; although a portion were male.

And perhaps quite disturbing is that 160 additional cases of sexual abuse where the child was victimized several times by the same abuser were first thought to be duplicates, but later confirmed to be more instances.

The report also highlights that their figures account only “for cases involving military dependents, which are the only child victims the department tracks”. If the abuser victimizes a child who is not a military dependent, the DoD has no way of knowing because the military does not track that data.

These numbers are a guesstimation at best because of the secrecy surrounding military court proceedings. And when compared to the 1 million military dependents on record, this number seems statistically insignificant.

The DoD admits that “information that could unintentionally uniquely identify victims was withheld from release to eliminate possible ‘re-victimization’ of the innocent.”

Pertinent data is withheld from general access such as the ages of the victims and their offenders; location of the incidents; which branch of the Armed Forces received the report of sexual assault; and whether or not the complaint resulted in legal action against the accused.

In addition, the DoD Family Advocacy Program (FAP) does not keep accurate updates on the judicial system, nor does it track the cases as they go through proceedings.

And perhaps more shocking is the fact that the military “keeps the public from knowing the full extent of [convicted military members] crimes or how much time they spend behind bars.”

Kathy Robertson, manager of the FAP, asserted that “most of the cases involve the E-4 and E-6 ranks because they are the largest number of active-duty personnel and the largest number of parents in the military.”