Air Force Scandal Results in Reforms

[davidinalameda]

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As Air Force cadets return to classes this month, they are seeing a new system for handling rape allegations - reforms put in place throughout the military in response to the sex scandal that rocked this prestigious school more than two years ago.

The Defense Department is adding sexual assault response coordinators at every major base around the world. Bases also will have at least one victim's advocate, most of them civilians.

In another groundbreaking move, all 1.5 million active duty military personnel will have the option of reporting a sexual assault and having their identity shielded from commanders. Base commanders will be told there has been an incident but given no information about the alleged victim.

[jody]

1. I'll wait a few years and see because the offending faculty and students

are still there. More important, today's students will become officers and a few will someday hold flag rank making them the leaders of tomorrow's USAF.

To quote one teacher, "And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles." (Mar 2:22)