Slate: In the Coast Guard, Sexual Assault Cases Get Washed Away
Slate magazine reports:
In recent months, a national conversation has erupted on how to
address the epidemic of sexual assault across the military. But as
Janelle Nanos details in her illuminating Bostonmagazine story, that
conversation does not actually apply to the Coast Guard. As Nanos
writes, “because the Coast Guard operates as part of the Department of
Homeland Security rather than the Department of Defense,” it’s often
left out of congressional legislation aimed at alleviating sexual
assaults. The Coast Guard’s assault report statistics aren’t included
in the DOD’s counts, and members of the Coast Guard aren’t
administered anonymous surveys to track unreported assaults like
members of other branches.
