Sexual assault in the military: What happens when the victim is a man?
The Christian Science Monitor reports: When Staff Sgt. Noah Lubben was assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, he enjoyed...
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Military Sexual Assault Victims May Get Amnesty for Minor Crimes
US News and World Report writes: Imagine you’re a 20-year-old member of the armed forces who has just endured the...
Hagel orders DOD-wide alcohol review after sex assault report
Stars and Stripes reports: The Pentagon is targeting alcohol consumption in its battle to curb sexual assaults in the military....
Editorial: Failing America’s fighters
The New York Daily News Editorial Board writes: The best way to restore trust in military justice remains Sen. Kirsten...
Guardian: BriGette Mccoy – The military’s sexual assault response is a catastrophic blight on our service
Protect Our Defenders Advisory Board Member BriGette McCoy wrote and op-ed for the Guardian in response to the new report...
Guardian: US military sexual assault reports soared 50% in 2013, says Pentagon
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Guardian: Nancy Parish, president of Protect Our...
Pentagon announces 50% increase in sexual assault reports in military
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the ABA Journal: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect...
U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Reuters: The new report prompted renewed calls for...
Reports of Sexual Assault in Military Jump 50 Percent
Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Brian Lewis was featured on NBC Nightly News: The military is trying to get...
How’s this for counterintuitive? Pentagon hails jump in reported sexual assault cases
The Sacramento Bee reports: The number of reported sexual assaults in the U.S. armed forces jumped by 50 percent last...
Pentagon Claims Progress on Sex Assaults Amid Questions on Data
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Bloomberg Businessweek: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our...
Military’s big jump in sexual assault reports: outrage or sign of progress?
The Christian Science Monitor reports: Reports of sexual assault and rape are up 50 percent across the US military, according...
Pentagon Study Finds 50% Increase in Reports of Military Sexual Assaults
The New York Times reports: A Pentagon study released Thursday showed a sharp increase last year in reports of rapes...
NBC News: Sexual Assault Reports Up By 50 Percent: Pentagon
NBC News reports: Reported sexual assaults in the military rose a staggering 50 percent last year over 2012, the Defense...
The Daily Beast: Air Force Charges Ex-Informant With Lying About Her Rape
The Daily Beast reports: Jane Neubauer says that she was raped while working as an undercover informant for the Air...
AP: Military sex assault claims up 50 percent; few male victims come forward: report
The Associated Press reports: Reports of sexual assaults by members of the military rose 50 percent after the Pentagon began...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Pentagon Report on Sexual Assault
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO PENTAGON REPORT...
Vet Groups Claim VA Discriminates Against Rape Survivors
NBC News reports: In an email to NBC News, Ndidi Mojay, a VA spokeswoman, said the agency is “unable to...
Leeanna Rossi: Military sexual assaults: The punishments
U.S. Navy veteran Leeanna Rossi writes: Last in a three-part series As noted in previous articles, our military has a...