I wonder what would happen if all recruiters had to be gay…
Sexual Abuse By Military Recruiters, Over 100 Women Raped Or Assaulted By Recruiters In Past Year
More than 100 young women who expressed interest in joining the military in the past year were preyed upon sexually by their recruiters. Women were raped on recruiting office couches, assaulted in government cars and groped en route to entrance exams.
A six-month Associated Press investigation found that more than 80 military recruiters were disciplined last year for sexual misconduct with potential enlistees. The cases occurred across all branches of the military and in all regions of the country.
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At least 35 Army recruiters, 18 Marine Corps recruiters, 18 Navy recruiters and 12 Air Force recruiters were disciplined for sexual misconduct or other inappropriate behavior with potential enlistees in 2005, according to records obtained by the AP under dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests. That’s significantly more than the handful of cases disclosed in the past decade.
Fukushima was convicted of misconduct in a military court after other young women reported similar assaults. He left the service with a less than honorable discharge last fall.
His military attorney, Capt. James Weirick, said Fukushima is “sorry that he let his family down and the Marine Corps down. It was a lapse in judgment.”
Huh. “Lapse in judgement” that only gets a dishonerable discharge. Guess rape ain’t what it is in civy life.
What happens in the army, stays in the army. FOR THE FATHERLAND!
Less than Honorable is NOT the same as Dishonorable. A LTH can be upgraded to Honorable in 6 months with a review. Go figure.
Honerable I mean…sorry…my spelling sux at this hour.
You had spelled honor right the first time. But “less than honorable” is certainly better than “dishonorable”.
So, 83 out of how many thousand recruiters?
Talk about blowing something out of proportion. Yes, the individuals who did this should be drummed out of the military, and given jail time, they are a stain on the uniform and have no business wearing it.
But, trying to blame this on the military as a whole is really stretching it, I would be more interested in what percentage of recruiters this is, and if it is below or above what the percentage rate is for society as a whole.
This sounds more like people who hate the military and Bush trying to score some points.
Lapse of judgement. I would hate to see what this guy qualifies as sin!
We want our young to fight wars, kill people, be able to view the horrific scenes of blood, guts, body parts, etc.
Men and women of this type are inherently crude, insensitive and bully-like. They have to be to endure war.
Sensitive, caring, politically correct, hesitating soildiers cannot win battles of the new terrorist/gorilla-type wars of today.
Punish those who hurt their own through inappropriate behavior, but reward them for hurting the enemy. How do you turn that on/off so easily?
These women are unamerican liars trying to get book deals – pass the pills
— The U.S. Armed Forces are values-based organizations that view allegations of recruiter impropriety very seriously, fully investigate those accusations, and prosecute violators as appropriate based upon evidence obtained during inquiries. The Associated Press story is based, in fact, on the efforts of the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Air Force and the Army to investigate, solve and deal with these allegations for the past 10 years. The cases the Associated Press cites are military investigations — where the military is policing itself.
— The Army trains its recruiters extensively to speak with aspiring recruits without using deception, misrepresentation, falsifying records, coercion or harassment.
— The Army has a formal and proven system for tracking and reporting potential and actual recruiter misconduct as well as a quality assurance system and program to identify recruiter behavior patterns to reveal irregularities.
— The range of outcomes in the cases over a 10-year period discussed Aug. 17 in a story by the Associated Press ranged from reprimands, through general discharge from the U.S. Army, up to courts-martial.
— There are more than 13,500 Soldiers serving as Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve recruiters in cities and towns across America, serving their country with integrity and pride.
But..but..but…soldiers are gods. These allegations must therefore be lies.
Getting f#(ked by a recruiter is nothing new. Ask how many recruits who were promised a career and training actualy wound up sloshing across a rice patty with a rifle in vietnam.
You mean actually doing soldier stuff. Damn those sneaky recruiters!
RBG
Guess they don’t restrict themselves to raping non-Americans.
lol, recruiters. fyi, they don’t represent the bulk of the military, even though they interact with the public the most. back in my active duty days everyone hated recruiters. they’re like reverse used car salesmen.