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...
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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...
Leeanna Rossi: Military sexual assault: Possible solutions
U.S. Navy veteran Leeanna Rossi writes: My last column discussed the problems connected to sexual assaults in the military. A...
DOD under fire for farming out sex-assault survey
Politico reports: The Defense Department is contracting out a high-profile survey on sexual assaults, raising alarm with a top Senate...
Cody: Airmen must stand up to sexual assault
The Air Force Times reports: Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody on Monday urged airmen to take...
[VIDEO] NBC Bay Area: Legislation Tackles Sex Assault in California National Guard
NBC Bay Area reports: California is now one step closer to a major change in the way allegations of sexual...
Leeanna Rossi: Military sexual assaults: The problem – The Deming Headlight
U.S. Navy veteran Leeanna Rossi writes: Women have been serving in our military for over 250 years, but they have...
Airman in O’Connor sex case gets two years in prison
The San Antonio Express-News reports: An Air Force photographer found guilty of sexual misconduct with San Antonio high school students...
Accused Navy pilot Gregory McWherter resigns as Tailhook Association president
The Washington Post reports: For more than two decades, the Navy has labored to overcome and bury memories of perhaps...
Fresh reports of sexual misconduct undercut Pentagon’s argument for internal fix
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Washington Post: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect...
Probe of Army general calls insular military culture into question
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Stars and Stripes: “How many times do we...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Army General Suspended Over Mishandling of Sexual Assault Case in Japan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, Brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO ARMY GENERAL...
Navy reassigns ex-Blue Angels commander after complaint he allowed sexual harassment
The Washington Post reports: The Navy has reassigned a former commander of the Blue Angels, its acrobatic fighter squadron, and...
Welsh: One Clash on Sex Assault Case in 3 Years
Military.com reports: Welsh acknowledged that commanders aren’t “fully prepared” to deal with every aspect of sexual assault cases, but noted...
Army general disciplined over mishandling of sexual-assault case in Japan
Another Washington Post front page story Wednesday reports on a “textbook example of the Pentagon’s persistent struggle to get commanders...
Leadership ‘accountable’ on military sexual assault, Hagel says
McClatchy Newspapers reports: Under pressure to act on the issue of sexual assault in the military, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel...
Caught Between Military and Civilian Justice, a Battered Wife Waits and Waits for Help
The Daily Beast reports: Over a year ago, a civilian woman accused her Marine ex-husband of beating and raping her....
Fort Riley quickly overhauls its sexual assault program to improve response
The Kansas City Star reports: As much as Army Sgt. Aiden Hinkley believed in the concept of a one-stop shop...
Civilian named Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
The Air Force Times reports: When Cindy Graver first went to work as the sexual assault response coordinator at Robins...