Reports of sexual assaults in the US military dropped for the first time in nearly a decade, according to a new Pentagon report released on Thursday.
A survey also found the number of service members who experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact dropped nearly 20%.
7,266 service members reported a sexual assault in 2023, a decrease from 7,378 the previous year. Although the change is small, it is the first time the Defense Department has seen a decrease in the number of reports since 2015. Lloyd Austin made tackling what he called the "scourge" of sexual assault one of his top priorities when he came into the Pentagon at the beginning of the Biden administration.
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