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‘Fighting is worth it,’ even in defeat, say midshipmen who reported sexual assaults

The Washington Post reports: Here’s how low the expectations are among some of those midshipmen who have reported being sexually...

Brig. Gen. Jeff Sinclair to receive reprimand, $20K pay forfeiture

Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Fayetteville Observer: Sinclair’s court-martial came as Congress...

Congresswoman Jackie Speier: Military justice bungles sex cases

Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) writes an op-ed for CNN: After facing a long list of...

Airman charged in a Universal City rape case

The San Antonio Express-News reports: An Air Force reservist was arrested Thursday at his job on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland...

WSJ: General Reprimanded, Fined in Adultery Case

Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Wall Street Journal: “Gen. Sinclair and his...

Washington Post: Disgraced Army general, Jeffrey A. Sinclair, gets $20,000 fine, no jail time

Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Washington Post: Advocacy groups for sexual- assault victims...

Jeffrey Sinclair: no jail time for general guilty of ‘inappropriate relationships’

Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia is featured in this article from the Guardian: Gillibrand is expected to renew...

AP: Army general fined, reprimanded in sex case

The Associated Press reports: An army general avoided jail time and was reprimanded and fined a total of $20,000 for...

VICE: Sexual Assault is Still the Military’s Best Kept Secret

Vice reports: They say it undermines their authority as commanders, even though England and Canada have been doing it this...

[AUDIO]: General walks away from sexual assault charges — and victim advocates cry foul

Tailhook whistleblower and Protect Our Defenders Board of Directors Member Paula Coughlin is interviewed in this piece from PRI: Paula...

AP: Prosecutors seek to dismiss Army general who carried on three-year affair with subordinate

The Associated Press reports: An Army general who carried on a three-year extramarital affair with a subordinate should be thrown...

Soldiers Mocked Affair Between General and Subordinate in Gross Skit

Jezebel reports: As testimony wraps up in the case of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, a new story has been revealed:...

Army Gen. Sinclair breaks down, asks judge to not punish family

The Los Angeles Times reports: Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair broke down in tears Wednesday at his sentencing hearing, asking the...

Washington Post: Break the chain of command on military sex assault cases

Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post writes: Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair is a cad, a bully and a boor. Once...

Senator Susan Collins: Time to act on sexual assault in the military

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) calls on Congress to support fundamental reform: A senior Army officer, accused of sexually assaulting a...

[VIDEO] Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish on HuffPost Live

Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish appeared on HuffPost Live to discuss the epidemic of sexual assault in the military:...

Opinion: In Mustache March, I lose

Maj. Jennifer Holmes writes an opinion piece for the Air Force Times: One way to build camaraderie is to have...

U.S. Naval Academy midshipman laughed off sex assault: prosecutor

Reuters reports: A former U.S. Naval Academy football player laughed off his suspected sexual assault of a woman midshipman who...

[VIDEO] Sex Assault Reform Bill Fails To Get Traction