Pentagon officials must have hoped that no one would notice. The press release and cover letter announcing a new "Gold Book"report on health, discipline, and stress in the military failed to mention the 9-page section reporting steep increases in violent sexual attacks in the military. Bad news about "a marked increase" in sexual assaults in 2011, "in stark contrast to previous years" was hidden in plain sight.
The Army's own evidence of accelerating sexual assaults doesn't fit the agenda of "diversity" advocates pushing for women in land combat. For a brief discussion of how severe budget cuts combined with new social burdens are weakening the culture of the military, click here: SecureFreedom Radio: The Jenga Block Military