Monday, September 17, 2012

Woman Heads AF Base Training Due to Sex Taint; Six Male Instructors Accused of Raping Females

The Air Force has chosen a woman to lead its basic training unit at a Texas base where scores of female recruits have alleged they were sexually assaulted or harassed by male instructors within the past year, the Washington Times website reports today (September 17, 2012).

Col. Deborah Liddick is taking command of the 737th Training Group this week, bringing a distinctly new face of authority to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Six male instructors have been charged with crimes ranging from rape to adultery, while several other instructors are still under investigation.

The Air Force announced Col. Liddick's appointment in a statement that did not mention the sex scandal -- or highlight choosing a woman for the first time to lead the unit -- in which the number of women identified by military investigators as potential victims is 40.

About one in five recruits at Lackland is a woman, while most instructors are men. Lackland is where every new American airman reports for basic training, and graduates about 35,000 each year.

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