Congress Should Look Further into Lackland Sex Scandal
O. Ricardo Pimentel reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president and...
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Editorial: Change in Leader is Only a First Step
The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board writes: Yet gender is no guarantee against the shortcomings of command. As retired Air...
Congress Will Hold Lackland Hearings
Newsmonger reports for the San Antonio Current: …a congressional hearing must probe how trainers may be abusing the inherent power...
Hill Wants Sex Assault Cases Out of Commands
Sarah Blansett reports for Military.com on a lawsuit filed against the government by attorney Susan Burke. Protect Our Defenders is...
In Lackland Trials, Fear Factor Crucial in Quest for Justice
Karisa King and Sig Christenson report for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “It’s a...
Woman to Lead Air Force Training After Sex Scandal
Paul J. Weber reports for the Associated Press on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy...
The Enemy Within
James Kitfield reports in this cover story for the National Journal, an in-depth exploration of the problem of military sexual...
Tailhook Sexual Assault Survivor Wants McKeon’s Ear
Mark Archuleta reports for KHTS 1220 on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: Coughlin is one of the...
Air Force Instructor in Texas Acquitted on Sex Charge
Jim Forsyth reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Meanwhile, the House Armed Services Committee confirmed on...
House Committee to Hold Hearings on Lackland
Stewart M. Powell reports for The San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “An open...
Editorial: Set Congressional Hearings Date
The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board writes: Seventy-eight members of Congress have signed a letter calling for congressional hearings on...
Statement from Protect Our Defenders in Response to House Armed Services Committee Announcing Lackland Hearings
Statement from Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish on the HASC announcement of future Lackland hearings: The House Armed Services...
Editorial: Comments are an Insult to Recruits
The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board writes: To be clear, this is a problem more serious than just a few...
Lawmaker’s Secret Lackland Visit Upsets Advocates
Karisa King and Sig Christenson report for San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “It’s disheartening that...
McKeon Expresses Confidence In Air Force Base Sexual Assault Internal Investigation
Mark Archuleta reports for Hometown Station AM 1220 on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “His statements that only a...
Statement on McKeon’s Visit to Lackland Air Force Base
Statement from Nancy Parrish, President of Protect Our Defenders, on Rep. Buck McKeon’s Visit to Lackland Air Force Base: It’s...
A Phone Call To Protect Our Lackland Trainees
Today, Rep. Buck McKeon, the House Armed Services Committee Chairman, returned to Congress from his summer recess. More than 15,000...
McKeon Visits Lackland Air Force Base to Discuss Basic Training Sex Scandal
Jeremy Herb reports for The Hill on Protect Our Defenders: Activists have criticized McKeon for not doing enough to address...
House Chairman Visits Lackland AFB Reeling From Scandal
The Associated Press reports in USA Today: Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon spent three hours at the base, where he met...
Rape and the Ethics of Adultery, or How the Military Hides its Rape Problem
Matt Collins reports for Tom Ricks’s Foreign Policy: Still, there is more that could be done to reform the military’s...