According to the DOD report, some form of sexual assault was visited on four percent of female cadets at the Air Force Academy during the 2004-05 academic year. The figures for West Point and Annapolis were (respectively) six and five percent. Moreover, sexist behavior was experienced by 96 percent of female Army cadets, 93 percent of women Navy midshipmen, and 82 percent of female Air Force cadets.
Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon, spent his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 19 pressing his civilian bona fides to lawmakers, with some pledging opposition to the waiver Austin would need to become the nation’s first Black Defense Secretary. Austin spent 40 years in the military…