According to the DOD report, some form of sexual assault was visited on four percent of female cadets at the Air Force Academy during the 2004-05 academic year. The figures for West Point and Annapolis were (respectively) six and five percent. Moreover, sexist behavior was experienced by 96 percent of female Army cadets, 93 percent of women Navy midshipmen, and 82 percent of female Air Force cadets.
Secretary of Defense Austin Lloyd III met with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines to discuss bolstering defense ties on May 2. The discussion included plans for joint F-35 exercises with Japan and Australia in the coming years.