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Survivor Support

   Mission:
We honor, support, and give voice
to the brave men and women in uniform who have been raped or sexually assaulted by fellow service members. We seek to fix the military training, investigation and adjudication systems related to sexual violence, systems that often re-victimize survivors by blaming them while failing to prosecute perpetrators.

Protect Our Defenders announces lawsuit vs. DOD for failure to protect cadets at academies from rape or sexual assault. Read More.



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Our Work

Our effort is directly informed by our work with victims, survivors, their families and retired military.

We research and expose dysfunction in the military training, investigation, adjudication and veterans service systems related to rape, sexual assault and harassment.

We educate the public and policy makers on the problems related to these issues along with potential solutions. Sexual violence in the military is often not adequately investigated or prosecuted and victims are often blamed, pushed out of the service and denied benefits...  Read More

Latest Headlines

  • • Protect Our Defenders in Boston Globe: Helping Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma...  Read More


  • • Protect Our Defenders Announces Appeal in Cioca v Rumsfeld...  Read More


  • • Protect Our Defenders supports lawsuit vs. DOD for failure to protect cadets at academies from rape or sexual assault...  Read More