California Bill Could Change Military Sex Assault
US News and World Report writes: A new initiative in California may succeed where the federal government has so far...
[VIDEO] Combating the military sexual assault epidemic
WNYT reports: Kelly Busch likes being out in nature. At the Guardian House, she often can be found sprucing up...
Investigations underway on reports of mishandling of sexual assault complaints in Alaska Guard
The Anchorage Daily News reports: Two investigations are underway of the Alaska National Guard over reports that sexual assault complaints...
[AUDIO] Despite increased reporting of sexual assaults, DoD still struggles to tackle issue
Protect Our Defenders Board of Directors Member Paula Coughlin is interviewed by Federal News Radio: Twenty-three years ago, Paula Coughlin,...
Lawmaker Moves To Remove Military Sex Assault Claims From Chain Of Command
CBS Los Angeles reports: State lawmakers Monday voted to approve legislation aimed at curbing a sharp rise in the number...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Pentagon Report on Sexual Harassment in the Military
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PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO PENTAGON REPORT...
Pentagon punished nearly 500 for sexual harassment
The Associated Press reports: The U.S. military says it fired or disciplined nearly 500 workers for sexual harassment in a...
Pentagon’s pathetic victory lap: Why its supposed military rape “solution” is just spin
Salon reports: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recently grabbed the kind of massive media attention normally reserved for celebrity scandals....
Gillibrand Calls on Obama to Back Military Sexual-Assault Bill
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she will keep pressuring President Barack Obama to support her proposal...
Kirsten Gillibrand Wants Meeting With Obama To Revive Military Sexual Assault Bill
The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who spearheaded a ferocious, ultimately unsuccessful public fight to revamp how sexual...
San Antonio Express-News wins national reporting award for ‘Twice Betrayed’ series
A big congratulations to the San Antonio Express-News: The San Antonio Express-News won the American Bar Association’s 2014 Silver Gavel...
House of Cards Boss Beau Willimon Answers Vulture Readers’ Questions
Vulture interviews House of Cards creator Beau Willimon who discusses his inspiration behind the series’ military sexual assault storyline: We...
Female veterans, service members not seeking needed services
The Bangor Daily News reports: Maine — If you’ve served in the military, that makes you a veteran, right? Right,...
Stop tolerating rape
An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun: At every Washington Capitals home game, hockey fans at the Verizon Center — including...
Blog Post: Elected Leaders Stand With Victims, Progress Made Towards Fundamental Reform
Last week, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted to adopt three military sexual assault reform provisions proposed by Protect...
[VIDEO] Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America
Watch Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America here.
Bill pushes military on sexual assault prosecution
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: California appears poised to pass first-in-the-nation legislation that would require the National Guard to turn...
STATEMENT: House Armed Services Committee Almost Passes Amendment to Remove Prosecution of Sexual Assaults from Chain of Command, Adopts Additional Provisions Proposed by Protect Our Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, Brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ALMOST PASSES AMENDMENT...
[VIDEO] Local veteran speaks out about military sexual assault
KAIT-TV reports: Sexual assaults in the U.S. military are up by 50 percent from the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year,...
‘Clear threat’: Reports of military sexual assault leap 50 percent
The Deseret News reports: The report was released on the heels of a Pentagon campaign to get victims to come...
House Panel Backs Pentagon On Military Sexual Assault Cases
The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon posted a narrow win Wednesday as a House panel endorsed leaving the authority to...
Blog Post: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Reporter Annys Shin’s Portrayal of Alleged Sex Offenders
The Naval Academy Case was “heartbreaking,” “devastat[ing],” “the toughest six months of my life.” Reading these words, one would think...
[VIDEO] Military Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Panel 3
From C-SPAN: Members of the Defense Department’s Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel reviewed the findings of their...
San Jose Mercury News editorial: Rape in military has a better solution
The San Jose Mercury News Editorial Board writes: The spike in reports of sexual assaults in the military has the...
Pentagon pressured to show progress on assaults
Politico reports: After a year of skirmishing on Capitol Hill, the intense debate on military sexual assaults is about to...
Sexual assault in the military: What happens when the victim is a man?
The Christian Science Monitor reports: When Staff Sgt. Noah Lubben was assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, he enjoyed...
Military Sexual Assault Victims May Get Amnesty for Minor Crimes
US News and World Report writes: Imagine you’re a 20-year-old member of the armed forces who has just endured the...
Hagel orders DOD-wide alcohol review after sex assault report
Stars and Stripes reports: The Pentagon is targeting alcohol consumption in its battle to curb sexual assaults in the military....
Editorial: Failing America’s fighters
The New York Daily News Editorial Board writes: The best way to restore trust in military justice remains Sen. Kirsten...
Guardian: BriGette Mccoy – The military’s sexual assault response is a catastrophic blight on our service
Protect Our Defenders Advisory Board Member BriGette McCoy wrote and op-ed for the Guardian in response to the new report...
Guardian: US military sexual assault reports soared 50% in 2013, says Pentagon
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Guardian: Nancy Parish, president of Protect Our...
Pentagon announces 50% increase in sexual assault reports in military
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the ABA Journal: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect...
U.S. military sexual assault reports jumped 50 percent last year
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Reuters: The new report prompted renewed calls for...
Reports of Sexual Assault in Military Jump 50 Percent
Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Brian Lewis was featured on NBC Nightly News: The military is trying to get...
How’s this for counterintuitive? Pentagon hails jump in reported sexual assault cases
The Sacramento Bee reports: The number of reported sexual assaults in the U.S. armed forces jumped by 50 percent last...
Pentagon Claims Progress on Sex Assaults Amid Questions on Data
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Bloomberg Businessweek: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our...
Military’s big jump in sexual assault reports: outrage or sign of progress?
The Christian Science Monitor reports: Reports of sexual assault and rape are up 50 percent across the US military, according...
Pentagon Study Finds 50% Increase in Reports of Military Sexual Assaults
The New York Times reports: A Pentagon study released Thursday showed a sharp increase last year in reports of rapes...
NBC News: Sexual Assault Reports Up By 50 Percent: Pentagon
NBC News reports: Reported sexual assaults in the military rose a staggering 50 percent last year over 2012, the Defense...
The Daily Beast: Air Force Charges Ex-Informant With Lying About Her Rape
The Daily Beast reports: Jane Neubauer says that she was raped while working as an undercover informant for the Air...
AP: Military sex assault claims up 50 percent; few male victims come forward: report
The Associated Press reports: Reports of sexual assaults by members of the military rose 50 percent after the Pentagon began...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Pentagon Report on Sexual Assault
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 1, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO PENTAGON REPORT...
Vet Groups Claim VA Discriminates Against Rape Survivors
NBC News reports: In an email to NBC News, Ndidi Mojay, a VA spokeswoman, said the agency is “unable to...
Leeanna Rossi: Military sexual assaults: The punishments
U.S. Navy veteran Leeanna Rossi writes: Last in a three-part series As noted in previous articles, our military has a...
Leeanna Rossi: Military sexual assault: Possible solutions
U.S. Navy veteran Leeanna Rossi writes: My last column discussed the problems connected to sexual assaults in the military. A...
DOD under fire for farming out sex-assault survey
Politico reports: The Defense Department is contracting out a high-profile survey on sexual assaults, raising alarm with a top Senate...
Cody: Airmen must stand up to sexual assault
The Air Force Times reports: Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody on Monday urged airmen to take...
[VIDEO] NBC Bay Area: Legislation Tackles Sex Assault in California National Guard
NBC Bay Area reports: California is now one step closer to a major change in the way allegations of sexual...
Leeanna Rossi: Military sexual assaults: The problem – The Deming Headlight
U.S. Navy veteran Leeanna Rossi writes: Women have been serving in our military for over 250 years, but they have...