Video: Closed-Door Meeting Irks Military Sex Assault Victims
Cox TV reports on Protect Our Defenders: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: “What happened to us should never happen to another member of...
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AF Trainer Given 30 Days Behind Bars, Loss of Rank
Karisa King reports for the San Antonio News-Express on Protect Our Defenders: The sentence drew swift criticism from advocates, who...
Reuters: Second Air Force Trainer Guilty in Sex Scandal
Reuters reports: Pressure is mounting from the public as well. Paula Coughlin-Puopolo, the former Navy helicopter pilot who exposed the...
Senator Ends Hold On Air Force Chief Nomination
Donna Cassata reports for the Associated Press on Rep. Jackie Speier: “They didn’t have answers as to whether they (the...
ABC News: Activists Demand Congress Hold Open Hearing on Air Force Sexual Assaults
Serena Marshall reports for ABC News on Protect Our Defenders: According to a press release from Protect Our Defenders, an...
Air Force Instructor Gets 30 Days in Sex Scandal
Rob Quinn reports for Newser on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: The president of the Protect Our Defenders victims...
VIDEO: Military Rape Survivors Urge Accountability
Al Jazeera reports: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: “The problem has got to be solved at a higher level than the Secretary of...
On Sexual Abuse and Impunity in the US Air Force
Rosalind Jordan reports for Al-Jazeera on Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: Coughlin-Puopolo worries that today’s young airmen are too optimistic, even naïve. So...
As Lackland Air Force Base Scandal Widens, Tailhook Whistleblower To Demand Hearing
Molly O’Toole reports for The Huffington Post on Protect Our Defenders: “It is time for our elected officials that have...
San Antonio News-Express: Trainer Gets a Mixed Verdict
Karisa King reports: In a mixed verdict late Wednesday, an Air Force jury convicted Tech. Sgt. Christopher Smith on two...
Press Release: Tailhook Whistleblower Delivers 10,000 Petitions To Rep. Buck McKeon Demanding a Lackland Hearing and Investigation About Air Force Sexual Abuse Scandal
Protect Our Defenders Press Release: Today, the former Naval Aviator and military sexual assault survivor was joined by Protect Our...
Tailhook Whistleblower Wants Congressional Hearing on Lackland
Jessica Hlad from Stars and Stripes reports on Protect Our Defenders: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, said that...
Advisory: Tailhook Whistleblower, Military Sexual Assault Survivors to Deliver Petitions to Congress Demanding Lackland Hearing Ahead of Closed-Door Briefing
Protect Our Defenders Media Advisory: On Thursday, Protect Our Defenders will hold an event in our nation’s capital ahead of...
San Antonio Current: Lackland AFB Alleged Sex Scandal Victims Climbs to 38
San Antonio Current’s Newsmonger reports on Protect Our Defenders: “Unfortunately, we’ve always suspected that this was just the tip of...
Advocates: MTI Cases Prove System Is Broken
Kristin Davis reports for Air Force Times Prime on Protect Our Defenders: “It’s being addressed in the Catholic church. It’s...
San Antonio News-Express: Critics Say Walker’s Sentence Too Short
Sig Christenson and Karisa King report in San Antonio News-Express on Rep. Jackie Speier and Protect Our Defenders: Rep. Jackie...
AF Chief Nominee Blocked Because of Lackland
Michael Hoffman in DoD Buzz reports: “What we have been doing is not working. It’s not for lack of effort,”...
Nation: House Committee Still Sidestepping Hearing on Air Force Sex Scandal
The Nation reports on Lackland and the Protect Our Defenders petition for a Congressional investigation: …the advocacy group Protect Our...
Bloomberg: Sexual Assaults Plague Military After Decades of Reform
David Lerman reports on Paula Puopolo, Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board member Jennifer Norris and Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier:...
San Antonio Express-News: Lackland Sex Scandal to be Subject of Briefing
The San Antonio Express-News reports on Protect Our Defenders: Protect Our Defenders, a human rights group that advocates for military...