Colonel Cindy Jebb, chair of the department of social sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, has been chosen by President Obama as the next dean of the academic board at West Point. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she will be the first woman to hold the post in the 216-year history of West Point.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense on behalf of the Service Women's Action Network.
The award is presented by the U.S. Military Academy's Association of Graduates to individuals who exemplify West Point's motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." Dr. Rice, a former U.S. secretary of state, is now a professor at Stanford University.
The study reports there were 70 sexual assaults at the three academies during the 2012-13 academic year. This was down from 80 sexual assaults in the prior academic year. Forty-five of the 70 reported cases were at the Air Force Academy.
A member of the staff at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, has been accused of videotaping women cadets without their consent. Some of the videotape footage showed the women cadets in the bathroom or in the shower.
The suit alleges that the academies have a "high tolerance for sexual predators in their ranks and 'zero tolerance' for those who report rape, sexual assault, and harassment."
