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Pentagon releases report showing over 20,000 reported cases of sexual assault

US troops have reported more than 20,000 allegations of sexual assault at military installations over the past four years, the Pentagon said in a report

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US troops have reported more than 20,000 allegations of sexual assault at military installations over the past four years, the Pentagon said in a report. 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 meanwhile reported 4,788 cases, the Marine Corps 3,400 and the Air Force 8,876. The military has about 1.3 million active-duty troops.

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