Article: Air Force bases get checkup on assaults Report will catalog how cases handled

Colorado Springs-based Air Force Space Command is assessing how its bases handle sexual assaults -- part of an Air Force-wide review amid allegations that cases are mishandled by the military.

Space Command chief Gen. Lance Lord last month formed a 13-member research team in response to an Air Force leadership directive.

The team will visit eight bases in the command before issuing a report this spring.

Although officials wouldn't comment about findings of reviews completed at Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases, they said personnel are embracing the analysis.

"The response has been very, very positive," Col. Robert Worley II, director of mission support and leader of the assessment ...

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