The hearing is called to order. Welcome everyone to this afternoons military personnel subcommittee hearing. The purpose of todays hearing is to receive an overview of the report on assessment, im sorry, Sexual Harassment and violence of the military Service Academies. And to understand the efforts of the academies have undertaken to prevent Sexual Assault we will also have the privilege of hearing from survivors who are attending a Service Academy and we thank them for being here today. The trust and confidence in their fellow Service Members in order to accomplish the difficult mission. The military Service Academies are told from the beginning. These crimes have no place in our society much less than our preeminent military Service Academies. Theyve dedicated numerous resources and time to improving Sexual Assault prevention and response. They have the prevention and valuesbased trading into every aspect of their curriculum. Its before being commissioned and in addition, the Service
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