AP: Most Military Sexual Assault Cases Go Unreported
Lolita C. Baldor and Donna Cassata report for The Associated Press: Despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs,...
New York Times: Officer Had Clean Record, Air Force Says
Charlie Savage reports for The New York Times: Colonel Krusinski’s case is receiving intense scrutiny. The Pentagon on Monday said...
Meeting on Sexual Assaults in Military
Nedra Pickler reports for the Associated Press: Officials say a bipartisan group of about a dozen senators and representatives were...
AF Asked to Try Officer in Virginia Groping Case
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: “We made this recommendation because, as yesterday’s (sexual assault) report indicates, an...
Diane Rehm Show: Sexual Assault In The Military
Diane Rehm interviews Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke: “When you have decades of a system that’s not working,...
Prosecutor Will Not Transfer Sexual Assault Prevention Chief’s Case to Air Force
Jeff Schogol reports for Air Force Times: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told lawmakers on Tuesday that...
USA Today: Facebook Pulls Page that Denigrates Female Marines
Tom Vanden Brook reports for USA Today on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “I am confident that...
Should Rape Victims “Submit?”
Mary Elizabeth Williams reports for Salon: The fact that the U.S. military still seems to refuse to get the magnitude...
Rep. Jackie Speier Outs Obscene Marine Facebook Page
Carol Lochhead reports for The SF Gate on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: The “F’N Wook” page...
Read President Obama’s Remarks on Reform in Military Justice
Hear Obama’s remarks at 26:00-29:10 or read them below: “Well let’s start with the principal that sexual assault is...
President Obama’s Remarks on Reform in Military Justice
President Obama commented on the need to reform the military justice system at a press conference with South Korean President...
Sexual Assault In The Military
Listen to Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke on the Kojo Nimandi Show: You have this complete and arbitrary...
Buck McKeon Makes Appointment To New Military Rape Review Panel
Michelle Fechtelkotter reports for KHTS AM 1220: It is a federal advisory committee that will conduct an independent review and...
Air Force General Mark Welsh Blames ‘Hookup Mentality’ for Rapes in Military
Michael Allen reports for Opposing Views: “Some of it is the hookup mentality of junior high even and high school...
Top Air Force Commander Blames ‘Hookup Culture’ for Rise in Military Sexual Assault
Arturo Garcia reports for The Raw Story on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “General Welsh should know that the...
Al Jazeera English: Sex Crimes Soar in US Military
Al Jazeera English reports on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Miranda Peterson:
Air Force General’s Remarks Provoke Outrage
Juana Summers reports for Politico: “This is more of the blame the victim instead of blame the perpetrator,” Rep. Michael...
Audio: Tailhook Whistle Blower Speaks Live on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross
WJCT interviews for Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: There is a pervasive culture in our military where...
PRESS RELEASE: General Welsh Blames Troops for Sexual Assault Epidemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** PRESS RELEASE *** GENERAL WELSH BLAMES TROOPS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT...
Chief of Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Unit Charged with Sexual Assault
Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman report AllGov.com: At the Tuesday Senate hearing, Gen. Welsh dismissed a suggestion by Sen. Kristen...
Int’l Business Times: US Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims ‘It May Be Advisable To Submit”
Zoe Mintz reports for International Business Times on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: “This brochure is just the...
Video: Susan Burke on MSNBC
MSNBC interviews Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the...
Susan Burke on MSNBC / Interview Transcript
TRANSCRIPT OF MSNBC SUSAN BURKE INTERVIEW 05/07/2013 MSNBC May 7, 2013 Tuesday SHOW: ALL IN with CHRIS HAYES 8:00 PM...
LA Times: Pentagon Reports Sharp Rise in Military Sexual Assaults
David S. Cloud reports for Los Angeles Times on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect...
Military Sex Assaults Rising 35% Bring Calls to Revamp System
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The military system today is the equivalent of...
New York Times: America’s Military Injustice
Maureen Dowd reports for the New York Times: “To dismiss violent rapes as part of the hook-up culture shows a...
Susan Burke: If the Military Fails to Prosecute Sexual Assault, There Will Be More Rapes
Current TV interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Colleen Bushnell and POD collaborator attorney Susan Burke: Read the accompanying article.
Military Sex Assaults Jump by More Than 1/3
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: The Pentagon estimates in a new report that the number of troops...
Military Sex Assaults Surged in 2012
Gretel C. Kovach reports for the San Diego Union-Tribune: Including those who did not disclose it to military commanders, the...
Criminal Charges Aside, the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Program Advises Victims To Submit
J.D. Tuccille writes for Hit & Run Blog on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: This is advice to...
Wired Magazine: Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims to ‘Submit’
Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired: Fully 94 percent of mid-career to senior officers who declined to report their sexual assault...
Finally, Word From the Top on Rape in the Military
The SF Gate Editorial Board reports on Protect Our Defenders and our Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Pentagon research has...
LA Times: Military Sex Crime Record Should Bring Shame
Robin Abcarian reports for the LA Times on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: A bipartisan group of...
Lackland Tech Sergeant to Face Court-Martial
WOAI San Antonio reports for CBS News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: He’s Technical Sergeant Kyle Billiot. He’s...
CBS News: With Military Sex Assaults on Rise, Critics Blast “Broken” System
Jessica Hartogs reports for CBS News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “Commanders should not have this authority. …...
NBC News: ‘Every American Should Be Outraged:’ Military Sees Sharp Increase in Sex Assault Cases
Rebecca Ruiz reports for NBC News: The annual report, released by the DoD’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, found...
Obama: No ‘Training’ Or ‘Awareness Programs’ For Military Sex Offenders, ‘There Will Be Accountability’
Noah Rothman reports for Mediaite: Read the accompanying article.
Sexual Assaults on the Rise in Military; Air Force Prevention Officer Dismissed for Assault Arrest
Charlie Connell reports for Headline & Global News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “If these allegations are true,...
Pentagon Leaders, Lawmakers ‘Appalled’ by Arrest of Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Chief
Kristin Davis and Jeff Schogol report for Air Force Times on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The Department of...
U.S. Air Force Brochure To Prevent Rape Says ‘It May Advisable To Submit’
Michael Allen reports for Opposing Views: There are numerous suggestions about keeping home and doors locked, but nothing in the...
Pentagon Survey: More Than 70 Military Sexual Assaults Occur Per Day
Stephen C. Webster reports for The Raw Story on Protect Our Defenders: “The Pentagon is responsible for failing to effectively...
Why It’s So Hard to Trust the Chain of Command in Military Sexual-Assault Cases
Ben Terris reports for The National Journal on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: “What we have here is...
Obama Vows Action After Air Force Sex-Assault Chief Charged
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg News: As the Pentagon prepared today to report as many as 26,000 sexual assaults last...
Access the DoD 2012 SAPRO Report
The Department of Defense has released its annual report on sexual assault in the military: In the 12 months prior...
Washington Post: Obama Delivers Blunt Message on Sexual Assaults in Military
Craig Whitlock reports for The Washington Post: Obama said he had instructed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel “to step up our...
Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims to ‘Submit’
Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired’s Danger Room on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: The brochure is “an affront...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Calls Pentagon Sexual Assault Report Alarming
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS PENTAGON SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT...
Bloomberg: Head of Air Force Sex Assault Prevention Arrested
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg News: Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, was arrested on May 5 in the Washington suburb...
Pentagon’s Annual Report on Sexual Assault Shows Alarming Rise
Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski report for NBC News: While the report will show that the number of reported assaults...
Head of U.S. Air Force’s Anti-Sexual Assault Unit Arrested for Sexual Battery
David Alexander reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The idea that the head of the Air...