Lead Us Not Into Temptation

The military's personnel "draw downs" affected just about everyone across the board-including chaplains. | Mindy Belz

Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson in May was found guilty on 18 of 19 rape charges. Seven of Sgt. Simpson's colleagues at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., have rape charges pending against them.

A recruit accused of rape at Aberdeen committed suicide in January.

The Sergeant Major of the Army, Gene McKinney, was accused of sexual assault by a subordinate even while he was a member of a Pentagon panel studying sexual assault in the Army. He was forced to resign from the panel.

The Air Force granted 1st Lt. Kelly Flinn a general discharge for adultery and disobeying orders, crimes that usually require court-martial. The less-than-honorable discharge spares the Pentagon the spectacle of prosecuting the Air Force's first female B-52 pilot.