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STATEMENT 2022 SAPR Report Reveals Highest Reported Estimate of Sexual Harassment and Assault in Military History

Sep 01 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2022 2022 SAPR Report Reveals Highest Reported Estimate of Sexual Harassment and Assault in Military...

STATEMENT Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Military Sexual Assault Survivor Challenging Feres Doctrine

Aug 11 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2022 ***STATEMENT*** Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Military Sexual Assault Survivor...

STATEMENT Univision Film “#IamVanessaGuillen” Tells Story of Survivors’ Resilience and Fight For Justice Following Vanessa Guillen’s Murder

Jul 14 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2022 ***STATEMENT*** Univision Film “#IamVanessaGuillen” Tells Story of Survivors’ Resilience and Fight For Justice Following...

STATEMENT* Senate and House Armed Services Committees Furthers Justice for Military Sexual Assault Survivors in 2023 NDAA Markup

Jun 24 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2022 **STATEMENT*** Senate and House Armed Services Committees Furthers Justice for Military Sexual Assault Survivors...

STATEMENT* General Court Martialed and Found Guilty on Abusive Sexual Contact Charge for the First Time in Air Force History

Apr 26 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2022 **STATEMENT*** General Court Martialed and Found Guilty on Abusive Sexual Contact Charge for the...

POD’s Justice Award Goes To…

Apr 21 2022

Each year we give the POD Justice Award to a different legal team dedicated to helping survivors. Last week it...

Congreso Anuncia Acuerdo en Reforma Transformativa sobre Justicia Militar para Enfrentar la Epidemia de Abuso Sexual Militar

Dec 07 2021

**INFORME** Congreso Anuncia Acuerdo en Reforma Transformativa sobre Justicia Militar para Enfrentar la Epidemia de Abuso Sexual Militar Protect our...

Congress Announces Agreement on Transformative Military Justice Reforms to Address Military Sexual Assault Epidemic

Dec 07 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2021 ***STATEMENT *** Congress Announces Agreement on Transformative Military Justice Reforms to Address Military Sexual...

STATEMENT Washington Post Report Says Congress on Verge of Gutting Sexual Assault Reforms

Dec 06 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***STATEMENT *** Washington Post Report Says Congress on Verge of Gutting Sexual Assault Reforms After over 30...

STATEMENT Sweeping Military Justice Reform to Be Added to Annual Defense Bill

Jul 23 2021

Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee, chaired by Senator Reed, adopted the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act...

GILLIBRAND STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM BILL IN SENATE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE

Jul 20 2021

Washington, D.C. – Addressing the passage of the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (MJIIPA) in the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee,...

STATEMENT Congresswoman Speier Introduces the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act; Joins Forces with Senator Gillibrand and Speaker Pelosi

Jun 23 2021

Washington, DC – Today, Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA), Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, and Representative Michael R....

NEW YORK TIMES: GILLIBRAND MAKES MAJOR PUSH TO REFORM MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM

Apr 27 2021

Washington, DC — In case you missed it, the New York Times today published a story detailing U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s major push to...

Remarks from Protect Our Defenders President Don Christensen at the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces

Mar 24 2021

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Personnel held a hearing...

STATEMENT 2022 SAPR Report Reveals Highest Reported Estimate of Sexual Harassment and Assault in Military History

STATEMENT Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Military Sexual Assault Survivor Challenging Feres Doctrine

STATEMENT Univision Film “#IamVanessaGuillen” Tells Story of Survivors’ Resilience and Fight For Justice Following Vanessa Guillen’s Murder

STATEMENT* Senate and House Armed Services Committees Furthers Justice for Military Sexual Assault Survivors in 2023 NDAA Markup

STATEMENT* General Court Martialed and Found Guilty on Abusive Sexual Contact Charge for the First Time in Air Force History

POD’s Justice Award Goes To…

Congreso Anuncia Acuerdo en Reforma Transformativa sobre Justicia Militar para Enfrentar la Epidemia de Abuso Sexual Militar

Congress Announces Agreement on Transformative Military Justice Reforms to Address Military Sexual Assault Epidemic

STATEMENT Washington Post Report Says Congress on Verge of Gutting Sexual Assault Reforms

STATEMENT Sweeping Military Justice Reform to Be Added to Annual Defense Bill

GILLIBRAND STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM BILL IN SENATE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE

STATEMENT Congresswoman Speier Introduces the Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act; Joins Forces with Senator Gillibrand and Speaker Pelosi

NEW YORK TIMES: GILLIBRAND MAKES MAJOR PUSH TO REFORM MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM

Remarks from Protect Our Defenders President Don Christensen at the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces

STATEMENT PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS APPLAUDS PENTAGON’S NEW CIVILIAN-LED COMMISSION ON MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT

STATEMENT SURVIVOR WHO HEIGHTENED FOCUS ON MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VIRAL TIKTOK VIDEO RELEASES OFFICIAL STATEMENT

STATEMENT NEW RAND REPORT FINDS ODDS OF LEAVING THE MILITARY DOUBLE AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT

Speier, Wexton Urge Tighter Security Clearance Protocols to Screen for Ties to White Supremacist Groups

Join POD’s Don Christensen for a conversation about the military’s racial disparities

GILLIBRAND APPLAUDS BIDEN ORDER OVERTURNING BAN ON TRANSGENDER MILITARY SERVICE

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