[VIDEO] Local veteran speaks out about military sexual assault
KAIT-TV reports: Sexual assaults in the U.S. military are up by 50 percent from the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year,...
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‘Clear threat’: Reports of military sexual assault leap 50 percent
The Deseret News reports: The report was released on the heels of a Pentagon campaign to get victims to come...
House Panel Backs Pentagon On Military Sexual Assault Cases
The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon posted a narrow win Wednesday as a House panel endorsed leaving the authority to...
Blog Post: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Reporter Annys Shin’s Portrayal of Alleged Sex Offenders
The Naval Academy Case was “heartbreaking,” “devastat[ing],” “the toughest six months of my life.” Reading these words, one would think...
[VIDEO] Military Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Panel 3
From C-SPAN: Members of the Defense Department’s Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel reviewed the findings of their...
San Jose Mercury News editorial: Rape in military has a better solution
The San Jose Mercury News Editorial Board writes: The spike in reports of sexual assaults in the military has the...
Pentagon pressured to show progress on assaults
Politico reports: After a year of skirmishing on Capitol Hill, the intense debate on military sexual assaults is about to...
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...
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...