US military research: Last year, as many as 36,000 officials and soldiers were sexually harassed or sexually assaulted, an increase of 13% over last year

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] With the cancellation of the new crown epidemic prevention control, the number of sexual crime reports of the US military has risen significantly.The Associated Press reported on August 31 that a confidential survey within the U.S. military showed that in the past year, as many as 36,000 active officers and soldiers had been sexually harassed or sexually assaulted by different forms, an increase of 13%over last year.Among them, the military issues are particularly very important. The sexual crime report has increased by 26%year -on -year, reaching the largest increase in 2013; the navy increases by 9%, ranked second; the Air Force is slightly higher than 2%; the Marine Corps is less than 2%.The US military crime reports increased by only 1%and 3%in 2020 and 2019.The Associated Press said that the re -opening of entertainment venues such as the "unable to be determined" is directly related to whether the number of military crimes is surged.

This also caused a deep headache for the US military leadership: taking the army as an example, the army is now facing the largest recruitment crisis in 50 years.From the perspective of the current situation, the Army as of the end of this month is at least 10,000 recruits than the original target.

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