At least 35 Army recruiters, 18 Marine Corps recruiters, 18 Navy recruiters and 12 Air Force recruiters were disciplined for sexual misconduct or other inappropriate behavior with potential enlistees in 2005, according to records obtained by the AP under dozens of Freedom of Information Act requests. That's significantly more than the handful of cases disclosed in the past decade.
The AP also found:
_The Army, which accounts for almost half of the military, has had 722 recruiters accused of rape and sexual misconduct since 1999.
_Some cases of improper behavior involved romantic relationships, and sometimes those relationships were initiated by the women but it is still against Military law to have sex with the girls. However, The Marines say it is the American way.
_Most recruiters found guilty of sexual misconduct are disciplined administratively, facing a reduction in rank or forfeiture of pay; military and civilian prosecution but most just get discharged.
2006-08-20
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