On the road, again-its been a month since I traveled and those frequent flyer miles are not going to earn themselves you know. Nice train ride up to Frankfurt this morning on a beautiful day.
And I was more than a little pleased to see this:
The Senate on Thursday rejected a proposal to move sexual assault cases outside the military chain of command, instead backing simpler reforms to the military justice system.
Victim advocates lamented the vote, which fell five senators short of advancing past a procedural hurdle, as a lost opportunity and a potentially discouraging message to female service members who face harassment and intimidation.
But opponents of the proposal — among them, Pentagon leaders — called it a well-intentioned overreach that would handicap military efforts to crack down on sexual assaults.
Contrary to what LTC Bateman has to say, there is no “epidemic” of sexual assault in the military. There is a “buyer’s remorse” problem and a false accusations problem-as well as problems of “overhead” that are the result of short-sighted implementation decisions, in bringing on the brave new world every one said they wanted. But as ROK Drop as pointed out, and I have quoted on these pages, the “problem” is way overhyped by those who have a much more sinister agenda in mind.
So its refreshing to see, a majority of our Senators actually recognize, that, if you want to hold commanders accountable-you have to give them ALL the tools to do their job.
Time to head to the gate.