The Air Force's war on sexual assault in the ranks is not going well, despite an all-out drive to eliminate the problem and the many stern anti-harassment warnings of high-level Pentagon leaders in recent years. Far from bringing a halt to these assaults, USAF has not even been able to arrest the worrisome upward trend. The rate of incidents continues to increase, concedes Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the service's new Chief of Staff. At his confirmation hearings in July, Welsh told the Senate Armed Services Committee, "There is a lot more work to be done here. ... We've done a lot of work, and we've made no difference." His assessment is borne out by the multitude of high-profile sexual misconduct cases that have rocked the service over the last year.
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