Male-on-male sexual assaults challenge prevention and response personnel, law enforcement, and the military justice system. Before this study, limited research on military sex offender populations and none specifically on military male-on-male offenders was conducted. In this exploratory study, 171 cases of penetrative male-on-male sexual assaults were examined using criminal investigation files provided by the United States Army. The results yielded a more salient picture of offender and victim dynamics, the criminal and predatory behaviors of the offender, the levels of violence used in these assaults, a better understanding of male victim behaviors, and gave insight into the cognitive distortions used by the offenders which can assist law enforcement with proper investigation and interviewing techniques. Results found that victims were those in the offender’s direct unit and assaults frequently occurred as the victim was asleep, unconscious, or incapacitated through ingesting drugs or alcohol. Offenders performed various acts with their victims through the course of the assault, with offender to victim fellatio or offender to victim fellatio in addition to anal penetration, being the most common. This was an important distinction in military sexual assaults, as offender behavior could be seen as an extension of potential fantasy enactment as motivation for the assault resulting in little to no physical resistance and less of a chance of rejection by the victim. Most assaults were nonviolent in nature. This study also provided the foundation for a more comprehensive military offender behavior project currently ongoing.

男性对男性的性侵犯对预防和应对人员、执法部门和军事司法系统构成挑战。在这项研究之前，对军事性犯罪者人口进行了有限的研究，没有专门针对军事男性对男性犯罪者进行研究。在这项探索性研究中，使用美国陆军提供的刑事调查档案检查了 171 起男性对男性的插入性性侵犯案件。结果对犯罪者和受害者的动态、犯罪者的犯罪和掠夺性行为、这些攻击中使用的暴力程度、对男性受害者行为的更好理解以及对犯罪者使用的认知扭曲的深入了解这可以通过适当的调查和面谈技巧协助执法。结果发现，受害者是犯罪者的直属单位，经常在受害者睡着、失去知觉或因吸食毒品或酒精而丧失行为能力时发生袭击。犯罪者在袭击过程中与受害者进行了各种行为，除了肛门插入之外，犯罪者对受害者的口交或犯罪者对受害者的口交是最常见的。这是军事性侵犯的一个重要区别，因为犯罪者的行为可以被视为潜在幻想行为的延伸，作为攻击的动机，几乎没有或没有身体抵抗，而且被受害者拒绝的机会也更少。大多数攻击本质上是非暴力的。这项研究还为目前正在进行的更全面的军事罪犯行为项目奠定了基础。