So is this good or bad? Sexually assualt is still like a wild fire in the military

IMO SFC G, thank goodness.  There was once a time when that up 50% wasn't even a thought because no ONE was reporting anything.  Victims were just living in their own personal hell from the trauma, while units swept it under the rug or bullied the victim into silence.   The numbers are increasing because finally our Soldiers feel like action is being taken and repercussions are being felt.  No, everyone won't report but thank goodness we have more reporting starting to happen.

I  personally feel like the problem exists because of cultural issues.  For instance, the recent situation where the group posed in front of the casket.  That one issue caused an uproar on this site, facebook, national media, etc.  Tons of people were calling for her dismissal and her CoC's dismissal as well.  People were saying it was the worst thing they'd ever seen and so forth.  While I agree that it was a horrible thing to do, sexual assult of OUR soldiers is far worse and obviously more widespread.

However, I would take many incidents of that nature if I could stop the cases of sexual assault and rape that are taking place within our military.  The difference is there isn't much of an uproar over these sexual assault isses and it seems as if most people generally don't care. 

Sexual assault needs to be a top priority within our military structure.  How can a soldier trust other soldiers to help protect them from the enemy, if they are being sexually assaulted by soldiers on there same team, squad, platoon, etc.