More than 80 whistleblowers have testified that leaders at the Coast Guard Academy ignored decades of systemic sexual assault and harassment, in a new report released by a powerful government committee Wednesday.
The US Senate’s homeland security and government affairs subcommittee on investigations said sexual assault and harassment have been “fleet-wide problems” for the federal agency, “impacting enlisted members and officers just as pervasively as cadets”.
The report said: “For far too long, Coast Guard survivors have felt unheard and unseen. They have been brushed aside and silenced.”
Across its 48 pages, the report details how the academy fostered a culture that was “highly skeptical” of incidents being reported, silenced victims and enabled abuse.
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