Being found guilty of Capital Punishment in the military, thats an oppressive problem and yet we have an opportunity here to begin address it, and what i havent heard from the department is we dont want to do the sweeping reform, but can you at least give us more tools and all ive heard is well fix it and thats all im having. Dr. Hicks, we have a vote on, and i think were going to conclude this part of the year. We want to thank you very much for the swift action with which you have undertaken the the request by the second and the president and were deeply indebted to you for the professionalism that youve shown and that the commission has shown as well. Im going to just ask you this question for the record and then if you can respond to us. The Prevention Portion of the ircs report calls for a major expansion of prevention in the workforce, and i would like to know bhat time lyn is on that. How many people are you an sis baiting hifrg, are they milt and what are their roles going to b
Cspan3. Dr. Kilene hunter. Also a member of the independent Review Commission and miss christina rose, another member of the commission, and i think and miss tokosh who is not in my notes here but well as well. I understand you have all joint statement and miss robot that will with speak on behalf of the irc and after the statement each member will have an opportunity to question the witness for five minutes. We ask that the witnesses summarize your testimony in five minutes. Your written comments and statements will be made part of the hearing record. With that, Miss Rosenthal we welcome you thank you, congresswoman and thanks for your leadership all over the years, ranking Member Gallagher and other distinguished members of the subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to present the findings and recommendations of the independent Review Commission on sexual assault in the military. I also want to recognize the leadership of Secretary Austin and dr. Hicks and the service leaders wh
From the honorable dr. Kathleen hicks, Deputy Secretary of defense who will discuss the formation of the commission and how the department of defense intends to implement these recommendations. Department of defense intends to implement those recommendations. Second, we will hear from Chair Lynn Rosenthal and members of the independent Review Commission so they can share their recommendations. The toll of sexual assault and sexual harassment has taken on our military is devastating and incalculable. We do know the numbers, but behind the numbers are lives destroyed and scarred. Since 2010, the department of defense estimates that roughly 135,000 active Duty Service members, 65,400 women and 69,600 men have been sexually assaulted. And about 509,000 active Duty Service members, 223,000 women and 286,000 men, have experienced sexual harassment. One in four servicemen and one in sixteen Servicemen Experience sexual harassment. One in sixteen servicewomen and one in 143 Servicemen Experien
The hearing on sexual assault in the military. Earlier lawmakers took a break from the hearing for votes on the house floor. This is live coverage here on cspan3. Dr. Kilene hunter. Also a member of the independent Review Commission and miss christina rose, another member of the commission, and i think and miss tokosh who is not in my notes here but well as well. I understand you have all joint statement and miss robot that will with speak on behalf of the irc and after the statement each member will have an opportunity to question the witness for five minutes. We ask that the witnesses summarize your testimony in five minutes. Your written comments and statements will be made part of the hearing record. With that, Miss Rosenthal we welcome you thank you, congresswoman and thanks for your leadership all over the years, ranking Member Gallagher and other distinguished members of the subcommittee. Thank you for the opportunity to present the findings and recommendations of the independen
During his time as the director of the Macarthur Memorial in norfolk. Hes a Reviewer And Contributor to the Air Force Journal of indopacific studies and he recently moved to wisconsin. He assumed the position as as director up at the wisconsin Veterans Museum about the same time that i arrived here at the museum in Virginia Beach. So chris and i have never actually met in person, but he did great work with my predecessor jared through the World War ii Heritage Alliance that exists here in virginia, which is a really great program. And so hes pretty much been up there since just before christmas of 2019. So i hope you all join me in welcoming virtually chris whos going to take a look back at a really important event here in our region about a hundred years ago. That has some really interesting wisconsin connections. So chris if you can hear us were ready for you to take it away. Thank you very much. And its its great to be working once again with the military Aviation Museum. I really w