More troops reporting unwanted sexual contact, but numbers still fall, Pentagon says0

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• August 21, 2026

WASHINGTON — More U.S. troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact to authorities, according to a Pentagon report released Friday, but even as more service members are willing to come forward, the prevalence of such incidents still went down overall last year. An estimated 33% of active duty personnel who said they experienced unwanted sexual contact