US Military: Reported Sexual Assaults Increase 11 Percent

The Pentagon's latest annual report on sexual assaults in the U.S. military says the number of reported assaults rose 11 percent from 2013 to 2014. However, the report estimates the total number of sexual assaults — reported and unreported — actually decreased from 2013 to 2014. The military received 6,131 reports of sexual assault involving service members in fiscal 2014.  The report says female victims made the majority of reports, but were not the majority of...

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