U.S. Air Force scandal six people charged with rape of female students surveyed

The USAF Shiluyisi Walker face a number of rape, sexual abuse of women trainees in Accusation, to accept the military court trial scheduled for the 16th. Reuters reviews, Walker is one of the protagonists of the seriousness of the scandal of U.S. troops deal in 16 years, his arrest pull the little-known by the U.S. military “dirty” side.

Scandal pull people

Walker is one of the 500 instructors of the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and colleagues shared responsibility of all Air Force recruits basic military training. He had been a number of rape charges of allegations of sexual abuse of female trainees, was arrested 13 months ago, is scheduled to appear in court on the 16th.

Reuters reported on the 15th, if convicted, Walker could be sentenced to life imprisonment by the dishonorably discharged action.

In fact, Walker is just the tip of the iceberg of scandal. After his arrest, there are five instructors by the rape and female trainees improper sexual contact charges alleged, one of whom told the prosecution improper sexual relations, 10 female students with their own training squadron.


Along with 31 female students to report after another instructor’s improper sexual behavior, In addition to these six people, there are six instructors surveyed the other 35 are temporarily suspended pending investigation.ビルケンシュトック マヤリ ビルコフロー モーン 171311

A high proportion of victims

According to Reuters, one out of every five recruits in the Air Force women, the proportion of female recruits for the various services of the U.S. military. Some officers believe that the scandal exposure so that the Air Force into disrepute.

“This is to belittle my duties, training air guards to defend the country,” Lakeland base Lieutenant Colonel Tim Thurston said, “we need a little time to regain the trust.”

Sarah Shaw, female trainees from Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Scandal to all female sense of failure, “she complained, we joined the Air Force because it was highly disciplined. Now, people looked at us and think that within the Air Force full of scandal.”

More than the Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense recently published a report 12 months before the release of the report, 4.4% of active duty women in the military to become a victim of sexual abuse. However, it seems some women’s rights organizations, the actual proportion is much higher than official figures.

Brewing a variety of measures

In the face of scandal, the Air Force management is preparing to take various measures to military discipline.

The number of female students said Lakeland base barracks stairwell has been placed on anonymous complaints box. In addition, managers begin to allow female students to better understand the level and division of the department functions to ensure that they reported the problem of a smooth channel.

Students arrived in Dar Crane within 72 hours, “said Air Force Lt. Col. Eric Axel Burbank,” they will understand their value, to know how the level of complaints. “ビルケンシュトック日本

Believe that the parties should be a rational view of the scandal, and how to deal with from the level of institutional mechanisms to prevent such incidents, the military management need to consider the important issues of women trainees in Turin Purcell.

Walker’s case the prosecution team members, said Lt. Col. Polly Kenny, as a female soldier, she joined the Air Force for 23 years never feel uncomfortable.

“As more and more cases surfaced, we began to become increasingly worried about,” she said, “It’s really unfortunate, but we must begin to deal with.”

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