Protect Our Defenders: Pulled Shaw brochure puts responsibility on victim
Protect Our Defenders in The Military Times: Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group for victims of military sexual assault, took...
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[VIDEO] USA Today: Military pulls controversial sexual assault pamphlet
USA Today reports: The Pentagon has pulled a controversial brochure that was being circulated at Shaw Air Force Base. The...
Newsday Opinion Letter: Treat military sex assault victims
A letter from the co-chair of the Long Island Committee on Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: I am writing in response...
Military Times: Generals expected on stand, in jury for 1-star’s sex assault case
Military Times reports: Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, soon to face a military trial on forcible sodomy and other misconduct charges,...
AP: Air Force Pulls Sexual Assault Brochure
The Associated Press reports: WASHINGTON — The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after...
Dayton Daily News: The Military’s ‘Broken’ System
Dayton Daily News reports: She wishes she could erase the response of her command when she reported the attacks against...
Stars and Stripes: After 2 decades of sexual assault in military, no real change in message
Stars and Stripes reports: Critics say that after each sexual abuse scandal, military officials have resisted reforms, insisted they knew...
Stars and Stripes: Special Air Force counsels advocate for sexual assault victims
Stars and Stripes reports: WASHINGTON — All three are airmen. Each reported being sexually assaulted. But their goals in the...
Huffington Post: Pentagon Officials Defend Sexual Assault Response, Pledge To Eliminate Problem
Huffington Post interviews Col. Alan R. Metzler, deputy director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) and Lt. Col. Nate Galbreath,...
ABC News: ‘No girls allowed’: Iraq war vet Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on opening combat missions to women
ABC News reports: Gabbard also brings a first-hand perspective to the issue of sexual assault in the military, saying she...
Slate: In the Coast Guard, Sexual Assault Cases Get Washed Away
Slate magazine reports: In recent months, a national conversation has erupted on how to address the epidemic of sexual assault...
San Antonio Express-News: Commander who oversaw Lackland scandal retiring
San Antonio Express-News reports: Gen. Edward Rice Jr., who led the Air Force’s response to its worst-ever worst sexual misconduct scandal, will...
Northwest Herald: Marengo woman speaks out after sexual assaults in military
Northwest Herald reports: More than a quarter of the approximately 200,000 women currently serving in the military will be sexually...
U.S. News Weekly: Should Commanders Deal With Sexual Assaults?
US News Weekly interviews Sen. Carl Levin and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: The Senate is taking on the epidemic of sexual...
AP: House Gives Whistle-Blower Protection to Military Sexual Assault Victims
The AP reports: The House has approved a bill extending whistle-blower protection to members of the military who are victims...
Roll Call: Female Senators Debate Military Sexual Assault in Private Meeting
Roll Call reports: Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., called a closed-door meeting of female senators Tuesday to discuss provisions included in the...
Air Force Times: 22nd MTI convicted, 23rd heads to court-martial
Air Force Times reports: The latest military training instructor to stand trial on allegations of sexual misconduct was acquitted of...
Michelle Ten Eyck, Military Sex Assault Victim: If I Had To Do This Over, ‘I Would Live In Silent Misery’
Huffington Post reports: Michelle Ten Eyck, a civilian employee at Fort Bliss, Texas, underwent months of physical and psychological trauma...
My San Antonio: Judge clears AF trainer of most serious charges in sex case
My San Antonio reports: A military judge Wednesday found an Air Force instructor guilty of having sex with a recruit he was...
Government Executive: Senators Criticize VA Approach to Reviewing Sexual Assault Claims
Government Executive reports: The Veterans Affairs Department is facing criticism from two senators over its approach to reviewing previously denied...