Oracle wrote:but maybe they do attract testosterone fueled younger men who perhaps have not developed the maturity to conduct themselves accordingly ...
Of the only 3 cases of sexual assault/rape accusation I can recall during my many years of service, 2 were senior NCOs and one was an officer. 2 were found guilty and discarged from the Army, then served civilian sentences just as anyone else would. One was found innocent, which was lucky because it turned out the girl that complained has done it before and was being pressured by her father, who had huge gambling debt,s to get compensation.
One of the above was a SSgt, who was reduced to the rank of Pte, served 2yrs at Colchester, discharged, then whatever civil action was dealt to him after that. He was 3 months away from finishing his 22yrs service so he lost his lump sum & pension as well. All that happened was that he went back to what he thought was his room, but was in fact the same room in an identical building to his own, got into what he thought was his bed and there was a girl in her bed. She screamed, he apologised & left. She complained the next day that she had been sexually assaulted.
Does this sound like the 'Old boys club' at work? The old boys club simply doesn't exist in the British Army, even less so that in civvy street. We are so politically correct it would astound you.
..... I mean soldier? 
... so let's see if we can't turn this into a profitable, learning-from, kind-of-thread 
