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The article presents the good order and discipline statistics issued by the U.S. Coast Guard as of early April 2014, which showed that the service convicted 21 coasties, discharged 200 and relieved 15 during the second half of 2013. The cases of the servicemen include fraud, illicit relationships, and possession of child pornography. The other cases include using marijuana, absent without authority, and desertion.

The article reports on the 2% decline in sexual assaults in the military in 2010, based on the data released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on March 27, 2011.

The article focuses on Canada's involvement in the Afghan War. Particular attention is given to statistics on Canadian troops' improper use of their weapons. Judge Advocate General Ken Watkin noted in his 2007 report that the 62 summary trails conducted in an operational theater in 2006-2007 involving negligent discharge of a weapon, was up from 28 in 2005. Article topics include examples of weapon misuse among soldiers.