Protect Our Defenders Calls on Panetta to Stop Pentagon’s Minimizing of Rape Crisis
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish writes for the Huffington Post:
On Friday of last week, the Department of Defense issued its Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. First conducted in 2004, this report has helped shine a light on the severity and scope of the crisis of rape in the US military. The disturbing statistics that have been reported include the stunning estimate that, in FY 2010, there were 19,000 sexual assaults among Active Duty personnel.
