Navy Cuts Alcohol Sales to Reduce Sexual Incidents
Miami, Florida (PRWEB) July 25, 2013 -- In an article written for The Washington Times (7/19), titled Navy cracking down on alcohol sales on bases, the U.S. Navy is reducing the number of hours alcohol can be sold on its bases and mini-marts to address the problem of sexual assault among its ranks. “We are finding that somewhere between six out of 10 and seven out of 10 sexual assaults as reported involves alcohol, the majority … they’re alcohol-fueled,” said chief of naval operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert said at a Pentagon press briefing.
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According to the news story, Navy cracking down on alcohol sales on bases, the placement of stores selling alcohol will also be changed to help curb sexual assault, Adm. Greenert said, noting that some of the larger mini-marts on some bases sell alcohol until very early in the morning.
“What message are we sending here when we do that? So I said, look, let’s do the mainstream here,” he said. “It’s really [about] encouraging responsible use of alcohol and not pushing it out on our folks so hard.”
The statistics of sexual assault in the military have continue to climb. The Pentagon has revealed that in 2012, there were an estimated 26,000 incidents of unwanted sexual contact among the four services.
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