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USA Today – Military report: Young women on bases, sailors on ships at greatest risk for sexual assault

Sep 21 2018

“It’s extremely disappointing the Pentagon would delay releasing this report,” said Don Christensen, president of Protect Our Defenders and the...

STATEMENT PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS SAYS DELAYED PENTAGON REPORT PUT TROOPS AND COMMUNITIES NEAR BASES AT RISK FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

Sep 21 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2018 ***STATEMENT*** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS SAYS DELAYED PENTAGON REPORT PUT TROOPS AND COMMUNITIES NEAR BASES...

STATEMENT PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS ON VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY TO IMMEDIATELY REVIEW CLAIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS THAT WERE WRONGLY DENIED

Sep 14 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 14, 2018 ***STATEMENT*** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS ON VETERANS AFFAIRS SECRETARY TO IMMEDIATELY REVIEW CLAIMS OF...

Pioneering Female Infantry Marine Kicked Out Of The Corps For Fraternization

Sep 12 2018

“This Marine is now under immense pressure to accept a discharge to avoid a court-martial in the kind of case...

Why Are So Many O-6s Behaving So Badly? And Other Military Mischief

Sep 10 2018

“The reason for the relief a few months ago of the Coast Guard captain commanding its Long Island sector was...

Court- Martial Numbers Plummet

Sep 10 2018

“The total of general, special and summary court-martial cases handled by the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines has plummeted by nearly...

PRESS RELEASE Protect Our Defenders Launches National Law Center to Provide Free Legal Services to Military Sexual Assault Survivors and Families

Sep 04 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2018 ***PRESS RELEASE*** Protect Our Defenders Launches National Law Center to Provide Free Legal Services...

Parents of child molested by Marine colonel seek $25 million for pain, suffering

Sep 04 2018

“They kind of got in a pointing match at each other, and said, ‘No, it was you,’ ‘No, it was...

New Legal Center Gives Military Sexual Assault Survivors A Voice And Hope

Aug 31 2018

People like Perry see Protect Our Defenders as their best hope for seeking justice and change that prevents others’ future...

STATEMENT PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO MAKE CRITICAL REFORMS TO THEIR TREATMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS

Aug 21 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 21, 2018 ***STATEMENT*** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO MAKE CRITICAL...

PRESS RELEASE Protect Our Defenders Responds to Senators Blocking Vote to Protect Sexual Assault Victims

Aug 13 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2018 ***PRESS RELEASE*** Protect Our Defenders Responds to Senators Blocking Vote to Protect Sexual Assault...

Marine officer accused of sexual harassment must fight to stay in Corps

Jul 18 2018

CEO of Protect Our Defenders, Col Scott Jensen, USMC (ret.) was quoted in USA Today: This is an all-too-common occurrence and...

Dishonored and disgraced: IG slams AFCENT one-star for ‘inappropriate relationship’

Jun 28 2018

CEO of Protect Our Defenders, Col (ret.) Scott Jensen said in an interview with Air Force Times: The Air Force’s...

Air Force declines to charge colonel accused of sexually, physically abusing boys

Jun 27 2018

Don Christensen, the former top prosecutor for the Air Force and president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, said...

Military fails to advise victims of sexual assault of civilian court option, advocates say

Jun 10 2018

President of Protect Our Defenders, Col Don Christensen, USAF (ret.) was quoted in USA Today: Civilian prosecutors and courts often have...

PRESS RELEASE Protect Our Defenders Named ‘One of the Best’ Nonprofits by the Catalogue for Philanthropy

Jun 05 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2018 ***PRESS RELEASE*** Protect Our Defenders Named ‘One of the Best’ Nonprofits by the Catalogue...

He went AWOL after being sexually assaulted. After 30 years, the Navy finally believed him

Jun 05 2018

Protect Our Defenders Advisory Board member and survivor, Health Philips, was featured in The Washington Post: The first time Heath...

More Vets Who Are Coping With PTSD From Sexual Assaults Get Honorable Discharges

Jun 01 2018

President of Protect Our Defenders, Col Don Christensen, USAF (ret.) spoke with NPR: We will hear from people from the Vietnam...

The darker side of the Pentagon’s sexual assault report

May 07 2018

President of Protect Our Defenders, Col Don Christensen, USAF (ret.) spoke with Federal News Radio: The prosecutions are going down and...

Sexual assault legal loophole prevents victim military transfers, lawmaker says

May 01 2018

President of Protect Our Defenders, Col Don Christensen, USAF (ret.) was quoted in Dayton Daily News: This is not a good...