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The editors of the New York Times penned a column today calling for an overhaul of the military justice system...

USA Today reports: WASHINGTON — Military service chiefs who will testify Tuesday about their plans to deal with the burgeoning...

The Daily News reports: Amid a jumble of letters, photos and military documents, Tina Clemans keeps a Ziploc bag containing...

Houston Chronicle cartoonist Nick Anderson had this to say about military sexual assault this week.

The Sunday Times in Great Britain has a special report today on MST in the American military: THE rugby team...

The Associated Press reports: NEW YORK — Sexual assault occurs in myriad settings and the perpetrators come from every swath...

The CSM reports: In the latest in a string of sexual assault cases in the military, US Naval Academy football...

LGR reports: Often times, the problem with sexual assault in the military is that because often nothing happens when the...

Bloomberg News reports: Stacey Thompson said she was a young Marine lance corporal stationed in Okinawa, Japan, when her sergeant...

WHYY of Philadelphia interviewed Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board member Jessica Hinves recently. Hear what she had to say below.

KION News of Monterey California reports: Senator Barbara Boxer is spear heading a new bi-partisan bill called the Military Justice...

The Sacramento Bee reports: WASHINGTON – Sen. Barbara Boxer says she never imagined how long she’d have to keep fighting...

The NYT reports: ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As midshipmen were graduating from the Naval Academy here last week, Navy investigators were...

J.K. Trotter opines: If Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel needed any more evidence for the military’s sexual assault crisis, well, here...

The Los Angeles CBS Affiliate reports: U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer announced legislation Friday to address what she called an “epidemic”...

The Daily Mail reports: A female soldier has revealed how she was raped by a sergeant at a Japanese Marine...

NBC News reports: Three U.S. Naval Academy football players are under investigation for alleged sexual assault last year against a...

Hawaii News Now reports: A recent Pentagon study estimates 26,000 people in the Armed Forces were sexually assaulted last year....

The Orange County Register reports: Stacey Thompson, who joined the Marine Corps to be part of “The Few and the...

The Associated Press reports: “Today, the character of our Air Force is being questioned by some,” [Air Force Secretary Michael]...

Karisa King and Gary Martin report for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Advocates and...

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Members of the military deserve the same workplace protections as other federal employees. Yet military...

Lois Kazakoff writes for the SF Gate: It’s a sad commentary that President Obama needed to underscore the problem of...

Paul Gackle reports for the San Francisco Examiner on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Speier received the...

The New York Times has created an online discussion about justice in the military and the needs for addressing the...

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The Miami Herald reports: Forty-three-year-old Marine Maj. Mark Thompson is charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault and indecent...

Elise Foley reports for The Huffington Post: “The president spoke well of this problem, it is a disgrace to the...

Heidi Przybyla reports for Bloomberg News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Just before the hearing, Kimberly Hanks, who...

David Lerman reports for Bloomberg: “You will need to not just deal with these debilitating, insidious and destructive forces, but...

Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube report for NBC News: An Army battalion commander at the Space and Missile Defense Command...

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Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: Read the accompanying article.

Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: Nancy Parrish, founder of the victim advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, said Lampman’s...

Michael D. Shear reports for the New York Times: The president praised the military as the nation’s “most trusted institution,”...

Jennifer Steinhauer and Thom Shanker report for the New York Times: The biggest question is how far such legislation can...

The Baltimore Sun has provided the transcript of President Obama’s remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates: In our digital age,...

Stacy Kaper reports for the National Journal: On Wednesday, Murkowski became the 16th cosponsor and fourth Republican senator to sign...

Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: A Fort Hood sergeant remained jailed Thursday on $100,000 bond after being accused...

Stacy Kaper reports for the National Journal: One bipartisan measure that is gaining some traction comes from Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand,...

Lucy Nalpthanchil reports for Where We Live on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member BriGette McCoy: It’s the culture. Everyone...

Jennifer Hlad reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: “It comes down to...

Garland Robinette interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: “It’s almost like a violent algae bloom. We are...