Lackland Trainers’ Misdeeds Not Just Sexual
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “A pattern of superior officers...
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Epidemic of Military Rapes Must Be Stopped
The Florida Times-Union Editorial Board writes: Imagine that robbery was rampant in the military. Imagine that in 2011, some 3,000...
Protect Our Defenders Calls on Rep. McKeon to Allow STOP Act to be Heard in House Armed Services Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2012 Contact: Brian Purchia, brian@protectourdefenders.com ***STATEMENT*** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS ON REP. BUCK MCKEON TO...
Video: California National Guard Culture Questioned
NBC Bay Area explores the epidemic of military sexual assault in the California National Guard: Read the full article.
Jezebel: Air Force Responds to Sex Crime Scandal by Enforcing a Bizarre ‘Wingman Rule’
Kate J.M. Baker writes for Jezebel on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Speier has also said the...
AP: US Air Force Sex Scandal Prompts Training Changes
The Associated Press reports on proposed reforms in the Air Force and Protect Our Defenders’ response: Protect Our Defenders, an...
Stars and Stripes: Air Force Changes Policy to Address Sexual Assault, Misconduct
Chris Caroll reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Ultimately, Parrish said, the problem of...
Statement from Protect Our Defenders on Lackland Air Force Base Sexual Abuse Report
Statement from Protect Our Defenders in response to the Lackland Air Force Base Sexual Abuse Report: Washington DC – More...
Bloomberg: Wingman Rule to Curb Sexual Abuse Adopted by U.S. Air Force
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish’s response to the new Air Force “wingman” policy,...
Nancy Parrish: Investigate Air Force for Openly Violent, Sexist and Hostile Environment to Women
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish writes in a blog for the Huffington Post: After weeks of pressure from Paula...
Fractured Lackland Command Helped Fuel Sex Scandal
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders: “Absolute command discretion, the risk to their own...
Washington Post: US Air Force Says It’s Changing How Instructors Are Picked After Sex Scandal at Training Base
The Associated Press reports for the Washington Post on Protect Our Defenders: Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group for military...
Reuters: Air Force To Add More Female Trainers After Sex Scandal
Jim Forsyth reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The reforms proposed will not fix the systemic...
Protect Our Defenders Calls on Congress to Investigate Air Force Leadership for Openly Violent, Sexist and Hostile Workplace for Women
Protect Our Defenders today is calling on Congress to investigate Air Force leadership for tolerating an openly violent, sexist and...
Salon: Air Force to Add More Female Trainers After Sex Scandal
Natasha Lennard reports for Salon: The Times’ list of disgraced senior officers points out that sexual assault perpetuates at all...
One More Instructor Named In Lackland Sex Investigation
Myra Arthur reports for KSAT San Antonio: One more military training instructor and alleged victim are involved in the investigation...
NY Times: Concern Grows Over Top Military Officers’ Ethics
Thom Shanker reports for the New York Times: … national security experts warn that a decade of conflict shouldered by...
In Veteran’s Day Panel, Service Members Discuss Military Sexual Assault
J.M. Colon reports for The Daily Princetonian: Scranton criticized what he saw as the American public’s unquestioning and uncritical trust...
“The Rape Was Not the Only Problem”
Lee Hancock reports for The Dart Society on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Terri Odom: “I want people to...
Tighter Lackland Rules Eyed
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish’s response to the Air Force...