The Air Force saw the largest increase in reported assaults during the fiscal year, an official said.
That large decrease comes a year after Army leaders saw a nearly 26% jump in reports involving soldiers — the largest increase for that service since 2013.
The Pentagon and the military services have come under increasing criticism and pressure from members of Congress to reduce sexual assaults and harassment in the military. The services have long struggled to come up withand to encourage reporting, including a number of new initiatives over the past year.
While the military has made inroads in making it easier and safer for service members to come forward, it has had far less success in sustaining reductions in assaults, which according to a confidential survey returned to a high level last year. And Army leaders, as an example, have acknowledged that issues such as sexual assaults, suicides and other problems have an impact on recruiting. All of the services have been struggling to meet recruiting goals.
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