My San Antonio: Lackland instructor pleads guilty to 6 charges in sex case
My San Antonio reports: A former Air Force basic training instructor pleaded guilty Monday to adultery and having unprofessional relationships...
Boston Magazine: Base Boston, the Coast Guard, and Victims of Rape and Sexual Assault
Boston Magazine reports: The sheer remoteness of many Coast Guard bases makes its members vulnerable to harassment and assault. And...
My San Antonio: Military lawyers should handle sexual assault cases
An opinion piece written for Express-News: Recent efforts to remove the decision-making process from commanders where serious sexual assaults are...
[VIDEO] Morning Joe: Gillibrand calls military sexual assaults a ‘pervasive’ problem
Morning Joe interviews Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: For more, click here.
New York Times: In Debate Over Military Sexual Assault, Men Are Overlooked Victims
NYT reports on male sexual assault in the military highlighting “Justice Denied,” a documentary co-directed by Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee...
New York Times: Bills on Military Sex Abuse
A New York Times Letter to the Editor: Re “Complex Fight in Senate Over Curbing Sexual Assaults in Military” (news...
ABC News Radio: Question of Command: Allies Break with US Over Military Sex Assaults
ABC News Radio reports: A video has gone viral but it’s not the latest hit from Justin Bieber or a...
Time: Marks of Leadership
Time magazine writes: As revelations of rape and sexual harassment in the armed forces grow, the impulse to enlist is...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders sets story straight on Dept. of Defense definition of “unwanted sexual contact.” Does not include sexual harrasment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS SETS STORY STRAIGHT ON DOD’S DEFINITION OF...
ABC News: Services to Reveal Plans to Integrate Women in Combat
ABC reports: In a few years women could be in training to become Army Rangers and Navy SEALs under plans...
Huffington Post: James Taranto, WSJ Writer: Military Sexual Assault Investigations Becoming A ‘War On Men’
The Huffington Post Media reports: A Wall Street Journal columnist drew some heat on Tuesday for declaring that recent investigations...
US Naval Academy Case – Coverage Compilation
Three football players at the US Naval Academy accused of sexual assault may face charges soon. Attorney Susan Burke, with whom...
Time: The Fulcrum of Sexual Assault in the Military
Time magazine writes: Experts say sexual violence isn’t about sex as much as it is about power. That may help explain...
CNN: Daughters and moms now consider rape before applying to military
CNN reports: Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in...
Washington Post: Naval Academy football players face charges over alleged 2012 rape
Washington Post talks to Susan Burke, lawyer for the assault victim and Protect Our Defenders collaborator: The charges follow a...
Navy Times: Academy football players face Article 32 for alleged assault
Navy Times talks to Protect Our Defenders’ partner, Susan Burke: Vice Adm. Michael Miller, the superintendent of the Naval Academy,...
[VIDEO] CBS News: Naval Academy student speaks out on alleged rape by three classmates
CBS news reports: A recent Pentagon survey found that 26,000 assaults took place in the military last year, and one...
Time: Apologies Instead of Action
Time magazine reports: One would think that when the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of their staffs took their...
Houston Chronicle: Lake Jackson recruiter sentenced to 27 years in military sex assault scandal
The Houston Chronicle reports: SAN ANTONIO – A Houston area Air Force recruiter was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison...
San Antonio Express News: Victims are grilled in military sex-assault investigations
San Antonio Express News reports: “The rights of victims are commonly being trampled,” said Nancy Parrish, president of the victim...
Washington Post Op-Ed: Military brass wins on sexual assault bill
Washington Post Editorial Board writes: THE HOPE that Congress would adopt bold measures to end the epidemic of sexual abuse...
[VIDEO] MSNBC: Military rape survivors sue US defense secretaries
Weekends with Alex Witt interviews Protect Our Defenders’ partner attorney Susan Burke about her suit against the Naval Academy: Attorney...
VIDEO: Australian Chief of Army Calls Out Sexually Exploitative Behavior, Telling Perpetrators to Get Out
Army Chief in Australia, Lieutenant-General David Morrison, commented on an ongoing investigation into explicit and derogatory emails circulated in the...
[VIDEO] CNN: Sexual assault in the military: a victim speaks
Christiane Amanpour interviews a sexual assault victim in the military.
[VIDEO] NBC News: Victim of alleged rape at Marine base: ‘I thought … I would be safe’
NBC news reports: A 23-year-old Washington, D.C. woman who alleges she was raped on a Marine Corps base just blocks...
Stars and Stripes: Wilkerson had affair that produced a child, Air Force confirms
Starts and Stripes reports: Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, whose aggravated sexual assault conviction was overturned by an Air Force lieutenant...
Air Force Times: Air Force confirms Wilkerson’s extra-marital affair
Air Force Times reports: A lieutenant colonel who saw his sexual assault conviction overturned in part because a three-star general...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Calls Senator Levin Amendment Ineffective
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS SEN. LEVIN AMENDMENT INEFFECTIVE, DOES NOT ADDRESS CORE PROBLEM OF...
New York Times Editorial: A Failure on Military Sexual Assaults
The Editorial Board of the New York Times writes: The spate of alarming incidents in recent months underscoring the depth...
USA Today Editorial: Military sex assault victims get aspirin: Our view
USA Today Editorial Board writes: In the past few weeks, the Pentagon’s top brass and lawmakers of all stripes have...
UPI: Senate Dems differ on ways to prosecute military sexual assaults
United Press International reports: WASHINGTON- Sen. Carl Levin said he would offer a plan requiring senior U.S. military officers to review decisions to...
MSNBC: Senate set for battle over military sexual assault
MSNBC writes: Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan said Tuesday that he will replace Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s amendment to the 2014 Defense...
National Journal: Gillibrand Fights for Military Sexual-Assault Reform Despite Opposition From Levin
The National Journal reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s decision to go for broke pushing a far-reaching measure designed to crack down...
Washington Post Poll: Americans split on how to address military sex assaults
A Washington Post – Pew Research Center poll found: Most Americans see sexual assault in the U.S. military as a...
New York Times: A Sexual-Assault Measure to Be Cut From Military Bill
The New York Times reports: Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, offered a measure that would give military prosecutors...
Reuters: Senate panel backs change to military sexual assault prosecution
Reuters reports: WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday approved a controversial plan to improve the military’s handling of sexual assault cases,...
San Antonio News 4: Lackland tech sergeant sentenced
San Antonio News 4 reports: SAN ANTONIO — A former Air Force military training instructor has been sentenced for his...
AP: Democratic senator considering shifting military sexual assault cases to state prosecutors
The AP reports: WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Congress is considering stripping the military of...
Stars and Stripes: Army brass gathers to address sexual assaults
Stars and Stripes reports: JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Nearly every soldier who wears two or more stars gathered near...
NY Daily News: Levin Plans Replacement for Gillibrand Military Sexual Assault Bill
New York Daily News reports: Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin plans to replace a measure from Sen. Kirsten...
Navy Times: Tailhook’s whistle-blower talks sexual assault
POD advisory board member in the Navy Times: In the fall of 1991, hundreds of naval aviators mobbed the Las...
Face The Nation: Military sex assault “culture” needs new laws to change, lawmakers say
Face the Nation yesterday featured Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) discussing the problem of military sexual...
National Journal: Gender Bias in Military Sexual Assaults Mars Debate
The National Journal reports: Lawmakers working to combat the alarming escalation of sexual assaults in the military are running into...
Guardian: Sexual assault victims say military’s promises of reform don’t go far enough
The Guardian reports: During this week’s battle of wills between legislators and military leaders at the Senate armed services committee...
New York Times Editorial: Cut the Strings to George III
Maureen Dowd of the New York Times writes: On the Hill, the brass argued that they could not retain “cohesion”...
The Hill: Obama urged to veto Defense Department on sexual assault policy
The Hill reports: President Obama is under pressure to support legislation that would move the prosecution of sexual assault cases...
Top brass digs in, defends system in sex-assault hearing
The San Antonio Express-News reports: WASHINGTON — The epidemic of sexual assault within U.S. armed forces has reached the point...
Video: Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish Testifies Before Senate Armed Services Committee
Watch Nancy Parrish testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee today on the subject of overhauling the military justice system....
Stacey Thompson, Military Rape Victim, Says Retaliation Prevalent For Those Who Speak Out
The Associated Press reports: SAN DIEGO — Stacey Thompson had just been stationed at a Marine Corps base in Japan...