Hidden Victims

An Associated Press investigation reveals that a decade after the Pentagon began confronting rape in the ranks, the U.S. military often fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they are sexually assaulted by other children on base.

Mothers say Air Force fails amid child sex assaults reports

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and FOSTER KLUGJune 13, 2019 GMT

Changes in how the military addresses kid-on-kid sex assault

By The Associated PressDecember 30, 2018 GMT

An Associated Press investigation into sex assault among children on U.S. military bases has led to changes within the Pentagon's school system and how the Defense and Justice Departments handle such cases. Some of the reforms include:

— Lawmakers required the Defense Department to create a new, centralized database for all child-on-child sexual assault reports and a military-wide policy for responding to such reports.