Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Take Further Actions to Prevent Sexual Assault During Initial Military Training

Abstract

In September 2012, following investigations for alleged sexual assaults during basic training, an Air Force Commander-directed report made 46 recommendations intended to better prevent sexual assaults during basic training. Congress mandated that GAO review the Air Force s efforts to implement the recommendations and lessons learned to better prevent and respond to sexual assault incidents among the services. This report examines the extent to which (1) the Air Force implemented the recommendations to better prevent, investigate, and respond to sexual assault during basic training and evaluated the effectiveness of actions taken and (2) the military services have a process to share lessons learned and have data to oversee their efforts to prevent sexual assault and related misconduct during initial military training. GAO analyzed the Commander s report, DOD policies, annual reports on efforts to improve the Air Force s program, and surveys, and met with officials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA608954

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Training
  • Congress
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Sexual Assault
  • Social Media
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Organizational Psychology.