A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and an Iowa Republican, Joni Ernst, stated that she thinks that they can deal with the corrections faster than the Congress.
More Worries
The Army released more cases and was trying to report no incidents in certain locations, but in fact, those installations had also conducted investigations. Those bases were located in Louisiana, Hawaii, Alabama, Alaska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Germany, and South Korea.
Senator Clair McCaskill, also a member of the SASC and a former prosecutor, is also concerned with the lack of tracking. She also stated that there is a possibility that there was not good coordination with civilian authorities and the military.
Questions for Concern
The Army is still not revealing the number of pending child-on-child sexual violence investigations, leaving the public with a number of questions:
- Why are there so many incidents of children acting out in sexually aggressive ways on military bases?
- What is being done to counsel both the victims and the offenders?
- Why does the military not want to reveal the problem or accept help from civil authorities?
- Should the military be given the option to handle the incidents without civilian oversight?
