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Former Coast Guard Academy cadets file complaints alleging sexual violence

In ongoing fallout from the 2023 CNN “Operation Fouled Anchor” report on sexual assault and harassment at the United States Coast Guard Academy, thirteen former academy cadets have filed separate Federal Tort Claims Act administrative complaints against the United States Coast Guard; its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security; and its former parent agency, the Department of Transportation,

The complaints were filed by attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp on behalf of Jane Does 1-12 and...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/former-coast-guard-academy-cadets-file-complaints-alleging-sexual-violence/

Commandant testifies on USCG efforts to address sexual assault and harassment

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan is not getting wholly rave reviews following her testimony at a hearing entitled “Coast Guard Oversight: Sexual Assault and Harassment,” held Tuesday before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC).

You can see video of part of the hearing below (the full hearing is available on C-Span)

A focus of the hearing was Operation Fouled Anchor (OFA), a sprawling, years-long...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/commandant-testifies-on-uscg-efforts-to-address-sexual-assault-and-harassment/

GAO: USCG needs to act further on sexual assault and harassment

sexual assault and harassment response actions by USCG

A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that while the U.S. Coast Guard has taken actions to address sexual assault and harassment (SASH) it has not developed a plan to assess its efforts.

In a 2020 internal investigation called “Operation Fouled Anchor,” notes GAO, the Coast Guard examined 102 separate allegations of sexual assault from 1990 to 2006 at the Coast Guard Academy and concluded that the academy often mishandled these cases. More recently, service members...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/gao-uscg-needs-to-act-further-on-sexual-assault-and-harassment/