60 servicemembers removed for sexual assaults and military harassment

60 servicemembers removed thus far in Hagel-ordered review
Stars and Stripes
By Jennifer Hlad
Published: August 2, 2013
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SAN DIEGO — Sixty servicemembers have been suspended from their jobs as recruiters, instructors or victim advocates, military officials said, as the services continue to review thousands of records in light of a string of high-profile sexual assault and harassment cases.

Hagel in May called for a sexual assault prevention and response “stand-down,” which included a review of the credentials and qualifications for recruiters, instructors, sexual assault response coordinators and victim advocates. The move came after it was revealed that an Army sergeant working as a sexual assault prevention coordinator at Fort Hood, Texas, was under investigation for abusive sexual contact and acting as a pimp, and after the head of the Air Force’s sexual assault prevention program was arrested near the Pentagon and charged with sexual battery.

The Army has suspended 55 soldiers from their jobs as part of its review of 20,000 people who hold “positions of authority and trust,” but the investigation will not be complete until Oct. 1, according to an Army personnel spokesman.
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