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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.
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Inside Closed Lackland Briefing

Posted by POD Staff, August 8th, 2012

The San Antonio Current’s Newsmonger reports on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Congresswoman Jackie Speier:

“I asked a series of questions that were pretty fundamental. How many investigators do you have on the job? What kind of training do they have? Are you going to interview the 7,000 women who have come through as trainees over the last 8 years or not?” Speier said she read a letter her office received from someone working on-base at Lackland, someone who claimed military rape has been a problem at Lackland for at least 8 years. “I think the public has a right to know these answers,” she said. “I think the victims have a right to know.”

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