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David Alexander reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Norris: [Retired Air Force Technical Sergeant Jennifer...

Buck McKeon Forced To Hold Public Hearings On Lackland Rapes

Mark Archuleta reports for Down With Tyranny on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Norris: “The cycle of repeated...

C-SPAN: House Cmte. Investigates Sexual Misconduct at Lackland

C-SPAN reports: The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on sexual misconduct by basic training instructors at Lackland...

Reuters: House Committee Hearing to Address Sexual Assault in Military

Jim Forsyth reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, who leads an advocacy group for...

Air Force Calls Number of Sex Assaults ‘Appalling’

Richard Lardner reports for the Associated Press on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Norris: Fundamental reforms are needed...

Jennifer Norris Interviewed on NBC

Jan 22 2013

NBC’s Thomas Roberts interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Norris: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and...

Air Force Sex-Scandal Hearing Set

Jan 22 2013

Kristina Wong reports for Washington Times on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The scandal at Lackland, the nation’s largest...

LA Times: Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair Defers Plea at Court-Martial

Jan 22 2013

David Zucchino reports for the Los Angeles Times: Sinclair, who was removed from command in Afghanistan in May, is accused...

Media Advisory: Military Sexual Assault Survivors to Hold Briefing Ahead of Congressional Hearing on Lackland Scandal

Jan 21 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com **Prior to the Lackland hearing, Protect Our Defenders will hold a...

Lackland Hearing Update from Paula Coughlin

Last August, I, along with fellow survivors Jenny McClendon, Brian Lewis, Jennifer Norris, and Jessica Hinves traveled to our nation’s...

Editorial: Hearings on Lackland are Long Overdue

The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board writes about Protect Our Defenders: The California-based advocacy group Protect Our Defenders says that...

Reuters: U.S. Air Force Finds Pornography, “Offensive” Material in Inspections

Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, an...

Porn Hunted Down at Randolph

Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders: The Air Force inspections were announced in advance...

NBC Today Show: Air Force Searches Out Porn, Other ‘Offensive’ Material on its Bases

The Today show reports: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Read the accompanying article.

Statement from Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish on Findings from the Air Force Sweep

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com ***STATEMENT *** Statement from Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish on...

AP: Inspections Found Air Force Porn, Offensive Items

Chris Carroll reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: It’s not clear what the inspection,...

Air Force Sweep Finds Thousands of Inappropriate Items, including Pornography

Chris Carroll reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Military sources told Protect Our Defenders...

A Damning Indictment of Military Rape ‘Epidemic’

Randall King reports for Winnipeg Free Press on The Invisible War, Kirby Dick’s recent documentary about sexual assault in the...

SecNav: Navy ‘Failed’ to Protect Midshipmen