ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the military's response to military sexual harassment (MSH) and military sexual assault (MSA), and discusses the opportunities and recommendations for future research and action. The military has relied primarily on two tools in its response to sexual harassment and sexual assault: prevention and response training and the military justice system. Despite the recent MST-related reforms and changes to the military justice system, many advocates and leaders are still critical that the reforms for sexual assault do not go far enough in improving the impartiality, fairness and transparency for sexual assault victims. Despite the fact that the sexual victimization of women in the military is more publicized than that of male victims, men account for a majority of the sexual harassment and sexual assaults that occur in the military. Victims of MST have been adversely impacted physically, psychologically and socially, which in turn negatively affects their quality of life and overall wellbeing.
