What the U.S. Military Can Do To Make a Difference

• Use the Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence.
• Establish a task force to address acts of sexual assault.
• Assess the incidence of sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and stalking among unmarried military members and their intimate partners.
• Improve coordination between the military and civilian communities.
• Enhance and continue to use military intervention to address and eliminate domestic violence at its early stages.
• Continue to teach command and service members how to prevent unauthorized use of violence throughout their active duty service.
• Ensure that trained victim advocates are available on every installation and that women on military bases also have access to victim advocates from the local civilian community.
• Continue to offer victims and offenders multidisciplinary interventions.
• Record all reported cases of sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, stalking, and military personnel involvement with women in forced prostitution in an appropriate DOD database.

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