A Phone Call To Protect Our Lackland Trainees

Today, Rep. Buck McKeon, the House Armed Services Committee Chairman, returned to Congress from his summer recess.

More than 15,000 citizens, 78 members of Congress, the San Antonio Express-News and both Senators from Texas have called for a hearing to get to the bottom of the widespread sexual violence at Lackland and throughout the military. Yet — there is still no word from the House Armed Services Chairman on if he will hold an open hearing on Lackland.

Will you call Rep. Buck McKeon’s office today and ask him if he will hold a hearing on Lackland? Call Buck in Congress: (202) 225-1956

Sample script: Hello, I’m concerned about the sexual violence at Lackland Air Force Base and I want to ask Rep. McKeon to hold a Congressional hearing about the sexual abuse at Lackland. The situation keeps getting worse.

When we last saw Buck in Washington, DC he had just let Air Force brass hide behind closed doors in a briefing about the worsening criminal sexual abuse scandal at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. Inside the closed-door briefing, Generals were unable to answer basic questions about the deteriorating situation at the sole training center for all our airmen. Outside the hearing room Protect Our Defenders was there to call Rep. McKeon out and ask him to do his job of oversight on behalf of our sisters, daughters, friends and neighbors.

Since Buck went on recess the situation at Lackland has gotten progressively worse. Now there are at least 43 female trainees at Lackland that say they were raped, sexually assaulted or victims of other sexual offenses by their instructors.

Rep. Buck McKeon has talked about how his granddaughter recently joined the military and how he is shocked about what he has heard about the epidemic of military sexual assault in our armed forces. It is time he did something about it.

We need your help to get Buck to do his job.

After your call, please email us at info@protectourdefenders.com and let us know how the call went.

Thank you for your continued support,

Nancy Parrish
President, Protect Our Defenders

P.S. We are continuing to #AskBuck on Twitter. Here’s a sample tweet:
.@BuckMcKeon how many soldiers need to be assaulted before you act? Open a #Lackland hearing http://bit.ly/BuckLackland #AskBuck