The Pentagon puts out two reports every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by military academy students and by U.S.
Officials said it's hard to tell what, if any, impact COVID-19 had on the 2021 school year. But as those slowly scaled back and bars and restaurants reopened, the numbers began to increase again. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a brief dip in cases at the academies during the shortened 2019-20 school year, when in-person classes were canceled and students were sent home in the spring to finish the semester online.Īt the start of the 2020-21 school year, students faced a number of restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic.
Altogether, the total number of reported assaults with any connection to a student was 206 - about 28% higher than last year’s total of 161. As a result, 16 students reported an assault in the 2021-22 school year that occurred prior to joining the military.Īs well, 35 cases involved civilians, active-duty service members and prep school students who allegedly were assaulted by someone who was a student. Because students are encouraged to report assaults, they sometimes will come forward to talk about events that happened in the years before they started school there.
Not all of the assaults in the report happened while the students were enrolled in the academies. Military Academy at West Point in New York reported 42, a slight decrease from last year's 46. Naval Academy reported 61 - nearly double the school’s total for the previous year, when there were 33, which was by far the lowest of all the academies for that year.Ĭadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado reported 52, the same as the previous year, and those at the U.S. officials, 155 students reported assaults during the 2022 school year, compared with 131 the previous year. “The current situation is unacceptable and we must improve our culture.”Īccording to U.S. Sean Buck, superintendent of the Naval Academy. “The results are, simply put, extremely disappointing,” said Vice Adm. Naval Academy, which is directly adjacent to bars in downtown Annapolis, Maryland. It’s unclear whether the phasing out of COVID-19-related restrictions contributed to the increase, including at the U.S. The increase was driven largely by the Navy, which had nearly double the number of reported assaults in 2022, compared with 2021. Calling the increase “extremely disappointing and upsetting," defense officials said teams are visiting all three academies this month to try and target improvements and changes to address the problem. The survey results were the highest since the Defense Department began collecting that data.ĭefense and military leaders said student-reported assaults at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies jumped 18% overall compared with the previous year. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Pentagon said Friday. WASHINGTON (AP) - Reported sexual assaults at U.S.
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