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USS Ronald Reagan sailor gets two-year sentence after assaulting fellow sailor, strangling civilian<\/strong><\/p>\n By\u00a0CAITLIN DOORNBOS<\/a>\u00a0| STARS AND STRIPESPublished: November 16, 2018<\/p>\n YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan \u2014 A USS Ronald Reagan aviation ordnanceman has been sentenced to two years in prison after being accused of sexually assaulting a fellow sailor, lying to Naval Criminal Investigative Services and strangling a civilian woman.<\/p>\n Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Garcia, 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault consummated by battery, making a false official statement and aggravated assault. He was originally charged with two counts of abusive sexual contact causing bodily harm but pleaded down to the assault charges in a pre-trial agreement with prosecutors.<\/p>\n The first assault happened Oct. 22, 2017, during a Ronald Reagan port visit in Busan, South Korea, Garcia admitted in court Wednesday. After a night of drinking with friends, Garcia\u2019s first victim said she lost consciousness and woke up in her hotel room to Garcia forcefully penetrating her with his hand and mouth, causing her pain.<\/p>\n The remainder of the story, including his assault on a civilian woman and strangling her, is at this link.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/pacific\/uss-ronald-reagan-sailor-gets-two-year-sentence-after-assaulting-fellow-sailor-strangling-civilian-1.556838<\/a><\/p>\n He does not have to register as a sex offender yet, but a BCD is on his plate. He gets to explain to future employers why he spent two years in jail instead of leaving the Navy with a clean plate. I doubt that this is the first or last time he’s done something like this, because he lied to the NCIS people when the assault on the first victim was reported.<\/p>\n This article \u00a0https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/new-military-sexual-assault-report-finds-highest-risks-on-navy-ships-certain-larger-bases-1.548654<\/a>\u00a0 addresses a Rand Corporation study that found sexual assault is a higher risk on ships than on land, and that some bases pose a higher risk than others, but there is no explanation for that.<\/p>\n From the article:\u00a0 [Each servicemember\u2019s estimated risk of being sexually assaulted during the one-year period of study depended in large part on their assignment to a particular unit, command and installation.<\/p>\n \u201cIn one military service, for instance, women could see their risk doubled or halved, depending on the installation or ship to which they are assigned<\/em>,\u201d the report found.<\/p>\n The study found in the Army, Fort Hood in Texas had the most estimated incidents of sexual assault: 885, with 473 male victims and 412 female victims. Fort Bragg, N.C., had the second-most: 837, with 476 male and 361 female victims.]<\/p>\n What is plain is that more men were on the receiving end of sexual assaults than women. Perhaps the women were more aware and more cautious than the men who were assaulted.\u00a0It seems to show that things haven\u2019t actually changed in the last 60 years, but have essentially stayed the same. It does not mean that the military employs more sexual predators than civilian companies. It simply means that, because this is a closed environment in all services, the assaults are more likely to be reported than in a civilian environment.<\/p>\n It does not have anything to do with putting women on ships. It has everything to do with people who are predatory in nature looking for victims in a closed environment.<\/p>\n