The Pentagon said in a report yesterday that U.S. troops have reported more than 20,000 allegations of sexual assault at military installations over the past four years, according to the AFP (Agence France-Presse) website.
The report, by the Defense Department's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, details allegations by service branch for the fiscal years 2013-2016, with the Army -- the largest branch of the military -- reporting 8,294 cases in all.
The Navy reported 4,788 cases, the Marine Corps 3,400, and the Air Force 8,876.
The U.S. military has some 1.3 million active duty troops.
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