Essay About Female Cadets Dorm Rooms And Sexual Assault Scandal

Air Force culture beforeThe United States Air Force Academy is a military institution which has its own culture and culture before & after the scandel

By Mark Farrand

The media outlet of choice for the U.S. Air Force is the National Center for Army and Navy Sciences (N.CSAMS) where the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to work to establish relationships with the military on a basis of the highest standards. The N.CSAMS has been a source of funding, technical support, and training for some of the highest performing military schools in the world, including the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Army College of Art, and other major military schools since the 1980s.

The problem that hangs over the N.CSAMS is that the military has a culture that is considered to be untraditional by a military school head who can only address its core mission: the teaching of the doctrine of war. The N.CSAMS continues to be an important source of manpower, for the Air Force during peacetime to maintain that mission. But it is also a source of prestige.

The Navy and Marines, by contrast, are not considered Army-style universities and remain highly regarded by some, particularly the military brass, as such. But what separates the Navy and Marines from all other Army institutions is whether they are considered elite or elite-like institution.

With this in mind, it is important to understand the military’s relationship with the military culture. But this relationship is very much based on the idea that the civilian world is an open and inclusive environment, with a community of people who truly believe in a different and open humanity. Those in this community that would have been denied the opportunity for a competitive career in the military are expected to be prepared to sacrifice and sacrifice hard to make it to service. The Army’s culture is a complex one.

In our first look at what a military culture looks like, we have the U.S. Air Force Academy, a U.S. Army College of Art campus, and a United Nations Academy of Education. The U.S. Air Force also has a university outside of the United Nations which has a similar campus and a very different atmosphere from our own. Yet all of these institutions are essentially subordinate to their military counterparts. Despite all of these factors, the military does have a military culture that is closely tied to the National Center for Army and Navy Sciences, which in fact offers a military culture, a military education level, and training for Army cadets.

In many ways, these military-cultural associations do not come down to a mere ‘separation.’ If these military-cultural associations are not only relevant for the current military culture

“James Roche” was busy in thinking how to deal with this violent problem, what dose it take to change the culture of Air Force Academy that leads to have this scandal and how we can manage the place. Moreover, The U.S Navys scandal that occurred in Tail hook in 1991 was the first public indication of the issues that existed in the military and the main reason to arise this scandal in the academy. Air Force Academy is not only the organization that was dealing with sexual assault but also there were some other organizations too such as, Harvard University, The U.S Military Academy and Naval Academy.

After the scandal the former leader and the current one tried to change the culture. There were nearly 50 changes directed in the “Agenda for Change” issued by the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff in March 2003. Changes range from standing up a sexual assault response team to the clustering together of female cadets dorm rooms to cracking down on underage drinking and alcohol abuse to strengthening the roles of the active duty officers and non-commissioned officers assigned to each of our 36 cadet squadrons.

Beginning with the new class of freshmen who entered the Academy last summer, the administration have changed the Basic Cadet Training system that was based on yelling and in-your-face intimidation to one thats equally challenging, but focuses on leadership, problem solving and education, while preserving human dignity. It is vastly different from the one your guests experienced as freshman cadets.

They also instituted an Academy Response Team comprised of command, medical, counselling and legal experts on call around the clock to immediately respond to and care for victims of alleged sexual assault. The ARTs goal is to provide a victim the initial care, treatment, comfort and advice she (or he) may need to deal with a traumatic situation. Which shows the social responsibility of the academy? Its additional mission–once the victim is stabilized–is to preserve evidence so we can investigate the alleged crime for follow-on legal or disciplinary action, if warranted.

The cadet disciplinary system is changing from one of demerits and weekend room restrictions or hours marching on the “tour” pad to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the legal system under which all of Americas Armed Forces operate. Cadets found guilty of crimes under the UCMJ will face a range of punishments, including discharges and jail time, if appropriate.

The academy have teamed with outside rape and sexual assault response and crisis experts to help educate and advise us on how to handle these offences and care for the victims.

Further more they have met with members of the clergy to exchange information about how best to deal and act with the different cultural mores, beliefs and attitudes our young people bring with them when they enter the Academy.

They conducted a Climate Survey with all of our cadets in August to determine what they think about the changing situation at their school and how they feel about sexual assault. And they are acting on the results of that survey.

In addition, all of the cases are under review by DoD and Air Force officials to determine if they were properly handled at the time they were reported. Also being reviewed are the actions of senior Air Force and Academy officials over the past 10 years to determine if their responses to the assaults were appropriate

This case relates to the issues of Social responsibility of the academy and how it had moved a step forward to care more about the cadets and less about the managers or administrative of the academy. They also set various plans to secure the equality and fight any kind of sexual harassment in the future.

However, a year after the scandal some cadets say the atmosphere is so poisonous that they are afraid a simple request for a date or a sip of alcohol could end their careers.

And some cadets warn that the once-punishing training regimen has been relaxed so much that the Air Forces effectiveness could suffer. Yet, some freshmen say they are pleased they no longer are treated “like dirt.”

In recent interviews with The Associated Press, a dozen cadets, from freshmen to seniors, described their struggles since female cadets began complaining they were reprimanded or ostracized after they reported being raped.

“A lot of guys are afraid to even ask a girl out because she will take it wrong,” said freshman Paul Zielinski of Erie, Pennsylvania.Janelle Hyde of Palm Desert, California, said she cannot go anywhere alone with a male upperclassman, while fellow freshman Katherine Smith of Paris, Texas, complained: “Some guys say, I wont date her because she will call rape.”

In a statement, the academys new superintendent, Lt. Gen. John Rosa, acknowledged there have been growing pains with the new policies, which were prompted by at least 142 assaults–many of them involving alcohol–between 1993 and 2002.

“I would hope that our young men are not afraid to approach our young women, but its understandable, given all the attention given to gender issues here, that some might be overly cautious in their contacts,” he said.

In January 2002, cadets began contacting members of Congress with complaints of assault and indifference from commanders. A year later, cadets began going public, touching off several investigations. The Air Force ultimately installed four new leaders and drew up the new policies.

Among other things, the academy issued sterner warnings about sexual assault, harassment, fraternization and supplying alcohol to underage cadets. It also ordered cadets to keep the doors to their rooms open all the way whenever they have a visitor, and for the first time said cadets may not enter the room