Washington Post: Obama Delivers Blunt Message on Sexual Assaults in Military May 07 2013 Craig Whitlock reports for The Washington Post: Obama said he had instructed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “to step up our...
Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims to ‘Submit’ May 07 2013 Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired’s Danger Room on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: The brochure is “an affront...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Calls Pentagon Sexual Assault Report Alarming May 07 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS PENTAGON SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT...
Bloomberg: Head of Air Force Sex Assault Prevention Arrested May 07 2013 David Lerman reports for Bloomberg News: Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, was arrested on May 5 in the Washington suburb...
Pentagon’s Annual Report on Sexual Assault Shows Alarming Rise May 07 2013 Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski report for NBC News: While the report will show that the number of reported assaults...
Head of U.S. Air Force’s Anti-Sexual Assault Unit Arrested for Sexual Battery May 07 2013 David Alexander reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The idea that the head of the Air...
AF Sex Assault Program Chief Yanked After Groping Woman May 07 2013 Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “If these allegations are true,...
Courage Campaign: Join the Fight to Pass the STOP Act Here May 07 2013 The Courage Campaign posted on Facebook: Join the fight to pass the STOP Act.
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Sexual Battery Arrest of Air Force’s Chief Sexual Assault Prevention Officer May 06 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2013 Contact Brian Purchia, , Brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS FOR REPORTING, INVESTIGATION, ADJUDICATION OF SEXUAL...
USA Today: Military Sex Assault Monitor Accused of Sex Assault May 06 2013 Tom Vanden Brook reports for USA Today on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “When I saw this...
ABC News: Air Force Officer Charged With Sexual Battery May 06 2013 Luis Martinez reports for ABC News: A lieutenant colonel who ran the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office...
Washington Post: General’s Promotion Blocked Over Her Dismissal of Sex-Assault Verdict May 06 2013 Craig Whitlock reports for The Washington Post on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “When commanders and those in authority...
Wired: Air Force Chief of Sexual Assault Prevention Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges May 06 2013 Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “If these allegations are true, this is one...
Air Force Sex Assault Prevention Chief Charged in Sex Assault May 06 2013 Jennifer Hlad reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Rep. Jackie Speier, a...
WIGS Posts About Protect Our Defenders Work on Facebook May 04 2013 Here’s the post: “Lauren” deals with an issue that is, unfortunately, very real for some women and men. To learn...
YouTube’s WIGS Channel Draws Women to Online Video May 04 2013 Tirdad Derakhshani reports for The Philadelphia Inquirer: “Lauren” takes a deeply critical look at how the military hierarchy deals with...
How Troian Bellisario Went From Spencer To Lauren May 04 2013 ET Online reports on Troian Bellisario, who is reprising her lead role in the WIGS’ web series Lauren, a television...
Female Air Force Trainer Gets 3 Months in Jail, Rank Reduction in Lackland Sex Scandal May 04 2013 The Associated Press reports: A female training instructor at a Texas Air Force base has been ordered to serve three...
Protest in Tucson: an AP “Big Story” May 02 2013 Last week, the family of a sexual assault victim and Protect Our Defenders protested outside an Air Force Base in...
Confronting Military Sexual Trauma May 01 2013 Army veteran and MST survivor BriGette Mccoy writes in CL Atlanta: Why shouldn’t the military be a safe workplace? Why...