Air Force’s top leadership recently reiterated the service’s zero-tolerance for sexual assault to stop a cycle of unprofessional behavior that is incompatible with the service’s core values. Failure to act or prevent a potential assault is a crime.
A 2010 Gallup poll found that 19 percent of female Airmen and two percent of male Airmen were victims of sexual assault since joining the Air Force. Most of these crimes were committed by fellow Airmen – blue on blue.
“Sexual harassment and sexual assault are getting a lot of focus right now because people are seeing (behaviors) in the workplace that is starting down the harassment side then moving along and continuing to the assault side,” said Paula Krause, 50th Space Wing sexual assault response coordinator.
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