Nice try to claim hazing and bullying! I think this is not the first time that the Defense News media exposed their Trump Derangement Syndrome!
The case numbers are actually very small (see below) given that there are about 2.1 million active soldiers in the US Army alone.
Military service and training is no walk in the park!
The headline is actually dead wrong if not very deceptive! The cited official hazing report is for the year 2024. So the increase of reported hazing and bullying occurred under the 46th President.
Apparently and expectedly the definitions of hazing and bullying are vage!
"... In fiscal 2024, the last year for which data is available, troops submitted 138 complaints of hazing, of which 31, or 22%, were substantiated. That’s up from 121 complaints and 29 substantiations the previous year. They also made 1,058 reports of bullying, of which 227, or 21%, were substantiated. That’s up from 932 bullying reports and 175 substantiations in fiscal 2023. ...
As provided in the recent report, the military definitions of hazing and bullying are somewhat broad. Hazing, according to the report, can be conducted in person or electronically, via social media and other means. It can involve physical actions such as striking another person; pressing or piercing an object into someone else’s skin; “branding, handcuffing, duct taping, tattooing, shaving, greasing, or painting another person;” and subjecting a person to forcible consumption of food, water, alcohol, drugs or any other substance. It can also include oral or written scolding and humiliation; “playing abusive or malicious tricks;” or “encouraging another person to engage in illegal, harmful, demeaning, or dangerous acts.”
Bullying, as defined, is even broader, including “degrading or damaging another’s property or reputation” and “intimidating, teasing, or taunting another person” in addition to the activities listed under hazing. ..."
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