FUBAR!!!
Sergeant at Arms
I know the pentagon is a government organization, but their are a few acceptations within the pentagon, such as the department of veterans affairs which most likely gathered this evidence and considering how much they do for military veterans I would not have a problem trusting them.Fehnor said:The whole world has changed in views regarding rape in 25 years. Also note, The statistics in the article are from military sources.
Also, the senate is a U.S. federal organization that you do not trust.
The article does have a lot of good information, and goals I agree with.
"Many members of the committee said they would like to see all sex offenders in the military discharged from service and would like to replace the current system of adjudicating sexual assault by taking it outside a victim’s chain of command. The senators focused in particular on a recent decision by an Air Force general to reverse a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case with little explanation."
'"...if you think you are achieving discipline and order with your current convening authority framework I am sorry to say you are wrong."'
The underlying purpose of that hearing was to gather information to add additional structure for reporting and care for victims, and punishment and dismissal of offenders. That is the direction the military has to take, and it has to be a serious punishment enforced the same way the zero tolerance on drug and alcohol in the '80's. I think this is right around the corner, and will probably have some retroactive effects.
There should be zero tolerance, but first of all as mentioned by a victim in the article “I chose not to do a report of any kind because I had no faith in my chain of command,” soldiers have to not be afraid to report sexual harassment and since the military is a breeding ground for submissiveness to superiors I think that would be the hardest problem to fix.
Oh no, I think I hit a nerve.Jhessail said:Post a source or shut the **** up.FUBAR!!! said:I cant say much about the quality of training, but I have heard that the standards have been lowered in recent years.
No I don't have a source, or at least one you would consider viable.
Mostly talking with friends during card games one of them who is is training right now told me a few guys in his barracks have bad criminal records, he heard this from a conversation between military recruiters who chose to let them in anyways.