ARTICLE 60 REVIEW DELAYED
Politico reports: Hagel will not get the review he ordered about commanders’ power to overturn court-martial convictions until Friday, although...
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Bill to Tackle Sexual Assault in Louisiana National Guard
Lauren McGaughy reports for NOLA.com: As sexual assault in the military recaptures national headlines this month, a Louisiana lawmaker has...
New Study Demands Zero-Tolerance for Military Sexual Assault
George Zornick reports for The Nation: The study focuses on what these traumas mean for female veteran’s health: as noted,...
Report: DoD Must Do More to Stop Sex Assaults
Kevin Freking reports for the Associated Press: But the problems seen today are really just the beginning, the report said....
Lackland Military Trainer Given Jail, Hard-Labor Sentence and Discharge
KENS 5 reports: On Thursday, Master Sgt. Jamey Crawford was found guilty of having an unprofessional and sexual relationship and...
New York Times: Once Few, Women Hold More Power in Senate
Jennifer Steinhauer reports for the New York Times: The seven women now serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee have...
Security Clearance Questions To Be Updated
Rich Maze reports for Navy Times: Changes will be made in the information that sexual assault victims will be required...
Host A Viewing Party for “Service” Airing On Your Local PBS Station
The incredibly powerful and moving 2011 documentary, “Service: When Women Come Marching Home,” is coming to your local PBS station....
NPR: Sexual Violence Victims Say Military Justice System Is ‘Broken’
Quil Lawrence and Marisa Peñaloza report for NPR’s Morning Edition: “When I reported it, it was a very small part...
UPI: Military Readies Sexual Assault Responses
UPI.com reports on the Department of Defense’s forthcoming new guidelines for dealing with sexual assault in the military: The new...
Bloomberg: The Military’s Sex Scandal
Margaret Carlson reports for Bloomberg on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Brian Lewis: One of the more poignant moments...
NPR: Off The Battlefield, Military Women Face Risks From Male Troops
Quil Lawrence and Marisa Peñaloza report for NPR’s Morning Edition: Dora Hernandez gave a decade of her life to the...
Video: Arise America Interviews Colleen Bushnell
Arise America interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member and MST Survivor Colleen Bushnell. Colleen’s interview starts at 1 hr...
Trainer’s Sentence is Described as Light
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, founder of Protect...
Causes: Thank POD Advocacy Board Members Brian Lewis, BriGette McCoy, and Jennifer Norris on Twitter
Posted to Protect Our Defenders Foundation: After experiencing first-hand the inability and unwillingness of the US Military to address the...
Combating Military Sexual Assault Needs Large-Scale Reform, Experts Say
Ashley Balcerzak and Alyssa Howard report for Medill on the Hill on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Norris:...
HuffPost Live: Invisible War Continues
HuffPo Live interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Members BriGette McCoy, Brian Lewis and President Nancy Parrish:
Lackland Trainer Handed 4 Years in Rape
Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: In tearful testimony during the sentencing phase, Airman 2 said she could not...
Reps Speier & Braley Request Meeting with Defense Secretary to Discuss Aviano Air Base Scandal
From Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Representative Jackie Speier’s press release: “The fact that one person in the military can...
Video: Panel Hears US Military Sex Assault Testimony
John Terret reports for Al Jazeera English, including an interview with Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: The US military...