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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2013 Contact Brian Purchia, , Brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS FOR REPORTING, INVESTIGATION, ADJUDICATION OF SEXUAL...

USA Today: Military Sex Assault Monitor Accused of Sex Assault

Tom Vanden Brook reports for USA Today on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “When I saw this...

ABC News: Air Force Officer Charged With Sexual Battery

Luis Martinez reports for ABC News: A lieutenant colonel who ran the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office...

Washington Post: General’s Promotion Blocked Over Her Dismissal of Sex-Assault Verdict

Craig Whitlock reports for The Washington Post on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “When commanders and those in authority...

Wired: Air Force Chief of Sexual Assault Prevention Arrested on Sexual Battery Charges

Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “If these allegations are true, this is one...

Air Force Sex Assault Prevention Chief Charged in Sex Assault

Jennifer Hlad reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Rep. Jackie Speier, a...

WIGS Posts About Protect Our Defenders Work on Facebook

Here’s the post: “Lauren” deals with an issue that is, unfortunately, very real for some women and men. To learn...

YouTube’s WIGS Channel Draws Women to Online Video

Tirdad Derakhshani reports for The Philadelphia Inquirer: “Lauren” takes a deeply critical look at how the military hierarchy deals with...

How Troian Bellisario Went From Spencer To Lauren

ET Online reports on Troian Bellisario, who is reprising her lead role in the WIGS’ web series Lauren, a television...

Female Air Force Trainer Gets 3 Months in Jail, Rank Reduction in Lackland Sex Scandal

The Associated Press reports: A female training instructor at a Texas Air Force base has been ordered to serve three...

Protest in Tucson: an AP “Big Story”

May 02 2013

Last week, the family of a sexual assault victim and Protect Our Defenders protested outside an Air Force Base in...

Confronting Military Sexual Trauma

Army veteran and MST survivor BriGette Mccoy writes in CL Atlanta: Why shouldn’t the military be a safe workplace? Why...

Senator Puts Hold on Helms’ Move

The Lompoc Record reports: “As the senator works to change the military justice system to better protect survivors of sexual...

Female Trainer Guilty In Lackland Scandal

Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: The first female basic-training instructor charged in the ongoing sexual misconduct scandal...

Editorial: Not Yet – Assault Epidemic Jeopardizes Military Recruitment

The Fayetteville Observer Editorial Board writes: Is the Defense Department doing all it can to prevent and punish rapists and...

Air Force: Former Lackland Commanders Disciplined

The Associated Press reports: A former wing commander, a former group commander and three former squadron commanders, as well as...

Local Veteran Works to Change the Military’s Response to Sexual Assault Cases

Mary Delach Leonard reports for the St. Louis Beacon on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Terri Odom: Odom said...

Video: Military Sexual Assault Is Widespread; Focus Of Movie

ABC 13 reports on the Oscar-nominated documentary The Invisible War: “[When you’re in the military] you’re living in a man’s...

Ex-Lackland Leaders Disciplined

Sig Christenson reports for San Antonio Express-News: Charges have been brought against only one woman, Staff Sgt. Emily Allen, a...

Court-Martial Set For First Female Instructor Accused At Lackland