The Department of Defense’s 2018 survey on sexual misconduct showed a staggering in the rate of sexual assault among active-duty service members compared to 2016.
While the "Fat Leonard" corruption scandal began years prior, 2018 saw a massive expansion of the investigation. Dozens of retired and active-duty Navy officers were implicated in a bribery scheme involving Leonard Glenn Francis. 2018 was a year of high-profile indictments, revealing systemic ethical rot within the Navy’s officer corps regarding gifts, parties, and classified information in exchange for contracting favors. military misconduct (2018)