The 2024 Survey of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at the Military Service Academies: Department of Defense Results and Trends report contains results from the 2024 SAGR conducted from March through April 2024. As in prior years, the 2024 SAGR surveyed cadets and midshipmen of the three Department of Defense Military Service Academies (MSAs) (US Military Academy [USMA], US Naval Academy [USNA], and US Air Force Academy [USAFA]).
This Results and Trends report focuses on MSA students’ responses to the SAGR in the past academic program year and over time. The principal purpose of the 2024 SAGR is to measure, analyze, and report estimated prevalence rates of sexual assault and rates of sexual harassment and sex discrimination among MSA students in the past academic program year. The SAGR survey also serves to assess attitudes and perceptions about programs and policies designed to reduce the occurrence of these unwanted behaviors and improve the climate and culture at the academies. Prior to 2025, OPA research products used the term “gender” to describe men and women. These groups were defined using survey items and/or administrative data categories for “male” and “female;” therefore, references to gender should be understood to mean “sex.”