All AF bases face rape inquiries

All AF bases face rape inquiries

(EXCERPT) Web Posted: 02/28/2004 12:00 AM CST

Sig Christenson Express-News Military Writer

© 2004, San Antonio Express-News The Air Force, stung by a flurry of
reported sexual assaults of airmen at Sheppard AFB in North Texas,
said Friday it would scrutinize all of its installations to learn if
there are similar problems elsewhere.

It wasn't clear how each of the service's major commands would conduct
those investigations, said Lt. Col. Will Nichols, a spokesman for Air
Force Secretary James Roche. But he said the issue of sexual assaults
had been a major topic of meetings among Air Force leaders.

"They will aggressively determine whether a problem exists at each
base and if so, determine the magnitude of it," Nichols said.

One in five of the 700,000 military and civilian employees in the Air
Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve are female.

As the servicewide investigation was announced late in the day, the
Air Education and Training Command at Randolp...

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