DATE: Friday, September 12, 1997            TAG: 9709120588

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER ASSOCIATED PRESS 

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ARMY VOWS A RETURN TO INSTILLING RESPECT REPORT SAYS SOLDIERS ACCEPT SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AS A NORMAL PART OF LIFE.

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Army Secretary Togo West and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Dennis Reimer

speak.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Extend eight-week basic training by one week to stress values and

ethics.

Make advanced training for the individual soldier more rigorous.

Revamp the service's equal-opportunity training.

Put a three-star general in charge of training at the Army's

Training and Doctrine Command, located at Fort Monroe, Va.

Assign 100 new lieutenants to advanced training units to give

company commanders more time to spend with troops.

Tighten the selection process for drill sergeants. KEYWORDS: U.S. ARMY SEXUAL HARASSMENT REPORT

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