MORE WOMEN REPORT ARMY MISCONDUCT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The number of female soldiers who say they were victims of rape or other sexual misconduct sexual misconduct Professional ethics Any behavior that violates a health professional's ethics through sexual contact of physician and his/her Pt. See Professional boundaries. at Aberdeen Proving Ground Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County). The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I. reportedly is twice the number the Army has publicly acknowledged. Army officials at Aberdeen have reported 17 victims of rape or other sexual misconduct, but the number has risen to 34, The (Baltimore) Sun reported Saturday, citing congressional and military sources. Of the total, 13 women say they were raped, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a memo prepared by staffers of the House National Security Committee and obtained by the newspaper. The numbers were obtained from Brig Brig, town, Switzerland Brig (brēk), Fr. Brigue, town, Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River, at the north entrance of the Simplon Tunnel. . Gen. Daniel Doherty, commander of the Army's Criminal Investigation Command Noun 1. Criminal Investigation Command - the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world CID U.S. , who briefed members of Congress last week in a private meeting. Army sources said the additional complaints surfaced after interviews with 1,000 female trainees who have attended Aberdeen since January 1995 and from a telephone hotline set up for complaints about sexual misconduct. As of Saturday, that hotline had fielded more than 5,300 calls. Of those, 714 were considered worthy of further investigation, the Army said. Officials at the U.S. Ordnance Center and School at Aberdeen declined to comment on reports of new victims. Four drill sergeants and a captain at Aberdeen have been charged with raping or sexually harassing at least a dozen female recruits. An additional 15 soldiers at Aberdeen have been suspended in the scandal. |
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