The 2013 Service Academy Gender Relations Focus Group (2013 SAGR) study is a focus group assessment conducted per U.S. Code 10 as amended by Section 532 of the John Warner
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (10USC§4361). This focus group study assesses students’ perception of issues related to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and
other gender-related topics at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), and
the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). USCGA joined the program in 2008 and USMMA in 2012. USMMA, within the Department of Transportation (DOT), is not required to participate in the assessments codified by U.S. Code 10. However, USMMA officials requested they be included, beginning in 2012, in order to evaluate and improve their programs addressing sexual assault and sexual harassment.