McCaskill wants more training for service members overseeing sexual assault prevention programs
Jessica Machetta reports for Missourinet on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Brian Lewis: “My original bill, which was introduced...
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Bloomberg: U.S. Sergeant Raped in Afghanistan Found Nowhere to Go
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg News on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Brian Lewis: Brian Lewis, a former Navy...
VOA News: Calls Grow For An End to Sexual Assaults in US Military
Luis Ramirez reports for VOA on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Jenny McClendon: “If you can’t trust the people...
NBC News: ‘The fight against sexual assault in the military has just begun’
NBC’s Maria Shriver interviews Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Susan Collins and Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair, Rep. Jackie Speier: Visit NBCNews.com...
Army: Soldier secretly taped female cadets
Stephanie Gaskell reports for Politico: The Army said Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon, a 23-year veteran who did two tours...
CNN: Army sergeant accused of videotaping female cadets at West Point
Barbara Starr reports for CNN: Read the accompanying article.
House panel approves changes to military’s sexual assault laws
Rick Maze reports for Air Force Times: Draft legislation released Tuesday showed the committee chairman, Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., gathered...
Lackland trainer accused of having sex with four women
Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: An Air Force boot camp instructor faced an evidentiary hearing Wednesday on charges...
IG criticisms of military sexual assault training don’t go far enough, advocacy groups say
Marci Greenstein reports for GIMBY on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: According to the DoD’s SAPRO, 74% of women...
New York Times: Sergeant Accused of Secretly Filming Female Cadets
Thom Shanker reports for New York Times: “We’re losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve...
Reuters: Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem
David Alexander reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, the head of the Protect Our...
Washington Post: Army general suspended after fight with mistress
Ernesto Londoño reports for The Washington Post: A defense official said Roberts got into a physical altercation with a woman...
Time: The Nightmare Continues
Mark Thompson reports for Time: The suspension was the latest in a string of suspected sex-related cases that has rocked...
Bloomberg News: The Military’s Culture of Sexual Violence
Margaret Carlson reports for Bloomberg News: Reporting a rape is never easy, but it’s much harder when the perpetrator is...
USA Today: Army general suspended over adultery allegations
Tom Vanden Brook reports for USA Today: It was not clear whom Brig. Gen. Bryan Roberts struck or with whom...
AP: Fort Jackson commander facing adultery charges
Lolita C. Baldor reports for The Associated Press: The Army says the commanding general of Fort Jackson, S.C., has been...
Hudson veteran speaks about her own sex assault in the military, wants victims to know they are not alone
Samantha Allen reports for The Nashua Telegraph: “The more I have spoken out, the stronger I have gotten,” [U.S. Army...
Editorial: Nation’s defenders not defending
Karisa King reports for the San Antonio Express-News: Decades after sexual assaults in the military started producing a highly publicized...
Assault victims struggle to transfer to other posts
Karisa King reports for the San Antonio Express-News: When she returned for her next weekend training in May, she was...
VIDEO “Lauren” Finale Roundtable on Military Sexual Trauma, Presented by WIGS and What’s Trending
The “Lauren” Finale Roundtable, presented by WIGS and What’s Trending, and featuring Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: