Bloomberg: Wingman Rule to Curb Sexual Abuse Adopted by U.S. Air Force Nov 14 2012 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 Nov 14 2012 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 Nov 14 2012 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 Nov 14 2012 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 Nov 14 2012 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 Nov 14 2012 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 Nov 13 2012 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 Nov 13 2012 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 Nov 12 2012 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 Nov 12 2012 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” Nov 11 2012 Lee Hancock reports for The Dart Society on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Terri Odom: “I want people to...
Tighter Lackland Rules Eyed Nov 06 2012 Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish’s response to the Air Force...
Aide: General in Sex Case Threatened to Kill Her Nov 05 2012 Michael Biesecker reports for ABC News: Until now, the Army had kept details secret in the rare criminal case against...
NY Times: Military Has Not Solved Problem of Sexual Assault, Women Say Nov 02 2012 James Risen reports for the New York Times: Sergeant Smith, 35, has worked with fighter squadrons inside the United States...
Protect Our Defenders’ Statement on Air Force Indifference to Sexual Assaults and Harassment Exposed By New York Times Nov 02 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 02, 2012 Contact: Brian Purchia, brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** Protect Our Defenders’ Statement on Air Force...
Ex-Lackland Trainees’ Cases Aired at Hearing Nov 01 2012 Scott Huddleston reports for San Antonio Express-News: Accusers in the Air Force’s latest sexual misconduct case painted a picture Thursday...
Jacksonville Resident in Historic Military Scandal Keeps Pressure on Sex Assault Issue Oct 25 2012 William Browning reports for The Florida Times-Union on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Paula Coughlin: Coughlin, 50, has stepped...
Campaigns are Largely Silent on Needs of Military Members, Vets Oct 24 2012 Steve Lopez reports for the Los Angeles Times on the absence of military sexual trauma from the dialogue of the...
AF Training Likely Won’t See Sex Segregation Oct 23 2012 Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: The Pentagon said 3,192 cases of sexual assault involving service members were...
Video: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo Speaks Out on WJXT Ch. 4 Oct 22 2012 Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo is interviewed by WJXT TV: “Our mission is most importantly … to...