According to a report released by the Miles Foundation last week, the enemy facing those soldiers fighting overseas is both external and internal: 307 servicepeople stationed in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, or Bahrain said that they've been sexually assaulted -- many by fellow military members. In this installment of "By the Numbers," the Daily looks at the history of sexual harassment and assault in the military.
117 - Naval officers who "were implicated in sexual misconduct" at the Tailhook Association Convention in 1991
0 - Officers who were actually convicted
2 - How many times more often military leaders give "administrative punishments" than "criminal prosecution" to servicepeople accused of domestic violence or sexual assault
440 - Cases of military rape reported in 1996
33 - Cases that ended with convictions
1993 - Year in which a Congress-ordered study done by the military on itself concluded that there are "concerns and complaints of arbitrary and inconsistent punitive responses" to sexual abuse
2003 - Year in which the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence proposed new guidelines "to better handle domestic violence cases" within the military
1,000+ - Military sexual misconduct instances reported in 2003
80% - Portion of the recommended guidelines Pentagon officials said they agreed with
0% - Portion of the recommended guidelines that the Pentagon implemented (officials missed the deadline)
150 - Female Air Force Academy cadets who alleged in 2003 that they had been sexually assaulted by their peers
40% - Portion of sexual assault cases over the past 10 years at the Air Force Academy that involved alcohol
2002 - Year in which the Air Force first "aggressively looked into sexual assaults at the academy"
39 - Women who told the Miles Foundation that "they were assaulted while preparing to go overseas"
11 - Months until January, 2006, when the military will institute a new policy that grants confidentiality to victims for a brief time period after their alleged assaults
The statistics cited above come from the Associated Press, the Miles Foundation, the Denver Post, and the New Standard.
