AUSTIN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Military installations are primarily about the business of national defense. However, they are also about the families that support the servicemen and servicewomen engaged in that endeavor. Unfortunately, there are times where the family and the mission at hand do not fit neatly in an Army post's organizational structure. Such is the case with sexual assaults by juveniles. An American-Statesman investigation by Jeremy Schwartz and Rose L. Thayer this month highlighted the jurisdictional black hole created by the overlapping needs of the military and federal justice system at Fort Hood. Juvenile crime, especially sexual assault cases involving juveniles,...
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