Hagel orders DOD-wide alcohol review after sex assault report
Stars and Stripes reports:
The Pentagon is targeting alcohol consumption in its battle to curb sexual assaults in the military.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced a department-wide review of the services’ alcohol policies during a news conference with reporters Thursday, the same day that the Pentagon released its latest report on sexual assault within the ranks. The Defense Department revealed there were more than 5,000 reports of sexual assault by servicemembers in fiscal 2013, a 50 percent increase over the previous year.
Officials have said that the actual number of sexual assaults is much higher because many troops are reluctant to report such attacks.
