ABCNEWS.com : Air Force Reports 54 Rapes, Assault: The Air Force has identified 54 cases of rape or sexual assault in its investigation into impropriety at the Air Force Academy and there are likely many more cadets who will not come forward, Air Force Secretary James Roche said Thursday. "The part that is the saddest thing ... whatever we see, whatever the number is, 25, 50, there are probably a hundred more that we do not see," Roche said during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. It wasn't immediately clear when the assaults occured. "We're learning enough to realize that change must occur change in the climate, change in how we manage"
If the Secretary of the Air Force thinks that there are probably a hundred more that will never be reported ... there are probably quite a few more than that. These things tend to be vastly underestimated.
But still, the victims are concerned it will continue to be swept under the rug. "I'm very skeptical about the Pentagon investigating the Air Force Academy," says one victim. She said she went there to learn to serve her country, and if that means testifying against those who taught the Air Force way, she will.
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