Rape allegations no bar to AF career

(EXCERPT) 13 who were once accused have since been promoted, by M.E.
Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News October 11, 2003

Thirteen people once accused of rapes or sexual assaults at the Air
Force Academy are working their way up the military ranks, the Rocky
Mountain News has learned.

The Air Force released details Friday about 15 cadet suspects who
graduated from the academy and are currently officers in the U.S. Air
Force.

Academy graduates typically are commissioned at the lowest officer
rank, second lieutenant, and can be promoted from there.

According to Lt. Col. Dewey Ford, a Pentagon spokesman, two of the
former cadet suspects still are second lieutenants, four have been
promoted to first lieutenants and nine are now captains. In one of
those cases, the victim recanted, and the officer has been...

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