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"GAO (US Government
Accountability Office) found, based on responses to its nongeneralizeable
survey administered to 3,750 servicemembers and a 2006 DOD (Department of
Defense) survey, the most recent available, that occurrences of sexual assault
may be exceeding the rates being reported, suggesting that DOD and the Coast
Guard have only limited visibility over the incidence of these occurrences. At
the 14 installations where GAO administered its survey, 103 servicemembers
indicated that they had been sexually assaulted within the preceding 12 months.
Of these, 52 servicemembers indicated that they did not report the sexual
assault. GAO also found that factors that discourage servicemembers from
reporting a sexual assault include the belief that nothing would be done; fear
of ostracism, harassment, or ridicule; and concern that peers would
gossip."
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