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How leadership should respond to military sexual harassment

Top leadership is where the end of sexual harassment has to start, according to Kate Hendricks Thomas, a Marine Corps veteran and assistant professor at Charles...

Federal News Network Staff

March 20, 2017 12:09 pm

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Pentagon Solutions - March 20, 2017

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Last week’s news of Facebook accounts to which members of the Marine Corps posted compromising photos of their female colleagues prompted a response from Commandant Robert Neller. Top leadership is where the end of sexual harassment has to start, according to Kate Hendricks Thomas, a Marine Corps veteran and assistant professor at Charleston Southern University. She’s written about her experiences in the online military magazine, Task and Purpose.

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