He works hard to protect the custody rights of our service men and women and to eradicate sexual assault from the military.
Work hard to protect the custody rights of service members and eradicate sexual assault from the military.
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Evidence
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Turner's office said the FY2015 NDAA was headed to the President and included provisions he authored creating a uniform national standard barring courts from using past, current, or future deployment against service members in child-custody determinations, and limiting permanent custody changes during deployment.
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DoD reported 8,195 sexual-assault reports involving service members as victims and/or subjects in FY2024, including 5,169 unrestricted reports and 3,026 restricted reports; the report also said special trial counsel reached full operational capacity on December 27, 2023 for covered offenses including rape and sexual assault.
Assessments
Turner materially advanced and secured the service-member custody-rights component through FY2015 NDAA provisions he authored, which passed while he was in office. The broader promise also pledged to eradicate sexual assault from the military, and that outcome was not achieved; official later DoD reporting still showed thousands of sexual-assault reports and ongoing prevention and response activity rather than eradication. Because one concrete component was delivered but the full promised outcome was not, partial credit is appropriate.