Problems with law enforcement responses could result in more harm to the victim, and hinder investigations which help commanders and prosecutors make informed decisions about disciplinary or prosecuting actions.
This searchable database details the level of risk for sexual assault faced by service members at individual military installations and on ships around the world.
Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, has filed as amendment to the annual defense policy bill creating a national commission to review the spike in aviation mishaps.
Amid the latest spike in aviation deaths, a newly published Military Times Crash Database shows manned warplane accidents have jumped 39 percent since the 2013 budget cuts.
Three large U.S. cities filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Defense, arguing that many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren’t reported to the national background check system.
The Air Force on Tuesday said it has found dozens of database reporting lapses of the same kind that may have allowed the Sutherland Springs, Texas, church shooter to buy guns despite his domestic violence conviction.