U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen attend an event in Annapolis, Maryland, June 27, 2019. (U.S. Navy file photo)
Covid factors in decline in sexual assault reports at military training
By Department of Defense News
Reports of sexual assault by cadets and midshipmen at the three military service academies dropped from 122 in the 2018 school year to 88 in the 2019 school year.
But the biggest changes happened in the fourth quarter, defense officials said, and those changes may be due to Covid-19.
The numbers were reported in the just-released Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies for the academic program year 2019-20.