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Press Release: Lackland Survivor Bikes Across Country to Raise Awareness About Military Sexual Assault Epidemic and Money to Help Veterans

Jul 16 2012

Protect Our Defenders Press Release: Ret. Air Force SSGT Colleen Bushnell rides in honor of Army PFC LaVena Johnson, who...

The Daily Beast: Lackland Rape Scandal Shines Spotlight On Military Failure

Jul 16 2012

Jesse Ellison in The Daily Beast reports about Protect Our Defenders: Coughlin, who now goes by her married name Puopolo,...

San Antonio Current: Lackland Fallout

Jul 12 2012

The San Antonio Current reports about Protect Our Defenders: Coughlin-Puopolo’s petition over at the Protect our Defenders website calls on...

Petition Calls for Hearings on Lackland

Jul 12 2012

Glenda Wolin reports in My San Antonio about Protect Our Defenders: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo, one of 87 servicewomen who were sexually...

Tailhook Whistle-Blower Calls for Lackland Sex Scandal Hearing

Jul 11 2012

Kristen Davis reports in Military Times: A petition authored by Coughlin-Puopolo and posted on the Protect Our Defenders website got...

Stars and Stripes: Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Hearing on Lackland Sex Scandal

Jul 11 2012

Leo Shane III reports in Stars and Stripes: Members of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders are demanding Congressional hearings...

ABC: Tailhook Whistle-Blower Petitions for Hearings on Lackland

Jul 11 2012

Arlette Saenz for ABC News reports about Protect Our Defenders: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo, the whistle-blower in Tailhook, one of the military’s...

Huffington Post: Tailhook Whistleblower Demands Congress Investigates Lackland Assaults

Jul 11 2012

Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish writes in the Huffington Post: The unfolding scandal at Lackland shows how little has...

Lackland’s Instructor on Rainbow Sex Crimes, Told By One Who Lived the Nightmare

Jul 11 2012

Michael Barajas and John Lasker in the San Antonio Current report on Lackland and Protect Our Defenders: “The unfolding scandal...

Press Release: Tailhook Whistleblower Starts Petition Demanding Congress Investigates Lackland Sexual Assault Scandal

Jul 11 2012

Protect Our Defenders Press Release: Washington DC – More than 20 years ago, 87 servicewomen were sexually assaulted while serving...

Pres. Nancy Parrish on PTS Treatment Worldwide Radio

Jul 10 2012

Fuzzy Manning on Blog Talk Radio interviews Nancy Parrish about Protect Our Defenders for his PTS Treatment Worldwide Radio Show....

Local Veteran To Bike Across America

Jul 10 2012

Maddie Gionet for Albany.com reports about Protect Our Defenders: Currently, Bushnell works as a volunteer advocacy and outreach board member...

Local Veteran Raising PTSD Awareness on Cross Country Bike Tour

Jul 10 2012

Matt Hunter for Albany YNN reports about Collen Bushnell’s ride, sponsored by Protect Our Defenders: In 2003, Bushnell was sexually...

Local Veteran to Raise Awareness of PTSD by Cycling 4,200 miles

Jul 10 2012

Danielle Sanzone for Troy Record reports about project sponsored by Protect Our Defenders: Life hasn’t been easy for Staff Sgt....

Who’s Doin’ It Right: Protect Our Defenders Grows from 0 to 20,000 Supporters in Less Than a Year

Jul 10 2012

Beth Johnson for Salsa Labs reports about Protect Our Defenders: Today’s story is from Protect Our Defenders, a group leading...

The Nightmare Of Male Rape

Jul 10 2012

Leslie Linthicum for The Albuquerque Journal reports about Protect Our Defenders: The topic is one that makes people uncomfortable, so...

Editorial: Zero Tolerance is the Right Goal

Jul 09 2012

Editorial in Omaha World Herald: The most recent military sex scandal, this one at the Air Force training center at...

Washington Post: Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Assault in the Military

Jul 05 2012

Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury creator, and Loree Sutton, Psychiatrist and Founding Director of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health...

Air Force Sexual Assault Victim Starts the Long Road Home

Jul 04 2012

Rusty Weiss in the Daily Caller reports: California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier, who sponsored the bill, told TheDC that it...

Lackland Sex Scandal Continues to Roil Air Force: 31 female recruits accuse a dozen instructors of sexual misconduct

Jul 02 2012

Karisa King and Sig Christenson in the Houston Chronicle report: In the dark morning hours before they shipped out from...

Press Release: Lackland Survivor Bikes Across Country to Raise Awareness About Military Sexual Assault Epidemic and Money to Help Veterans

The Daily Beast: Lackland Rape Scandal Shines Spotlight On Military Failure

San Antonio Current: Lackland Fallout

Petition Calls for Hearings on Lackland

Tailhook Whistle-Blower Calls for Lackland Sex Scandal Hearing

Stars and Stripes: Advocacy Group Demands Congressional Hearing on Lackland Sex Scandal

ABC: Tailhook Whistle-Blower Petitions for Hearings on Lackland

Huffington Post: Tailhook Whistleblower Demands Congress Investigates Lackland Assaults

Lackland’s Instructor on Rainbow Sex Crimes, Told By One Who Lived the Nightmare

Press Release: Tailhook Whistleblower Starts Petition Demanding Congress Investigates Lackland Sexual Assault Scandal

Pres. Nancy Parrish on PTS Treatment Worldwide Radio

Local Veteran To Bike Across America

Local Veteran Raising PTSD Awareness on Cross Country Bike Tour

Local Veteran to Raise Awareness of PTSD by Cycling 4,200 miles

Who’s Doin’ It Right: Protect Our Defenders Grows from 0 to 20,000 Supporters in Less Than a Year

The Nightmare Of Male Rape

Editorial: Zero Tolerance is the Right Goal

Washington Post: Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Assault in the Military

Air Force Sexual Assault Victim Starts the Long Road Home

Lackland Sex Scandal Continues to Roil Air Force: 31 female recruits accuse a dozen instructors of sexual misconduct

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