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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: Military chiefs to face tough sexual assault questions

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

Kelso High grad takes on Air Force after daughter reports rapes

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

Houston Chronicle Cartoon: “Follow the Chain of Command”

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

Sunday Times: Future American generals sent marching over sex emails

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

AP: Roots of military’s sexual assault problem include macho culture, fewer recourses for victims

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

Christian Science Monitor: Women lawmakers push for change in US military

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

Stacey Thompson, Victim of Military Sexual Assault, Speaks Out

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

Bloomberg News: Marine Says Her Rapist Went Free as Senator Demands a Crackdown

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

WHYY: Sexual assault in the U.S. military

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

New Bill Aims to End Sexual Assault Cases in the Military

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

Sacramento Bee: Barbara Boxer continues crusade against workplace mistreatment of women

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

New York Times: Navy Football Players Face Annapolis Rape Inquiry

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

Navy Football Ends Pentagon’s Month of Sexual Assault Woe — Will It Ever Stop?

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

CBS LA: Boxer Backs Legislation To Protect Military Sex Assault Victims

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

KTLA: Sen. Barbara Boxer Urges Congress to Crack Down on Military Sex Assault

KTLA Los Angeles reports: LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) — Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., called on the federal government to crack...

Daily Mail: U.S Marine breaks her silence to reveal terrifying rape ordeal at hands of sergeant

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

Three US Navy football players under investigation for alleged sex assault, sources say

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

Rep. Gabbard on military sex assaults: “there are predators who wear the uniform”