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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2012 Contact: Brian Purchia, brian@protectourdefenders.com ***STATEMENT *** Protect Our Defenders Calls on Defense Secretary Panetta...

Air Force Times reports: Tech. Sgt. Samuel Wicks of the 331st Training Squadron is accused of having unprofessional relationships with...

NPR’s Talk of the Nation reports on the epidemic of military sexual assault and the Lackland Air Force Base scandal:...

Ramsey Cox reports for The Hill: Shaheen said the inclusion of reproductive healthcare for female service members was an “issue...

The San Antonio Current’s Newsmonger reports: In an interview with The Tampa Tribune, Woodward said that what she learned from...

Kelly Kennedy reports for USA Today: After nearly 30,000 servicemembers were forced out of the military for “personality disorders,” often...

Kristin Davis reports for the Air Force Times: Overworked trainers had been able to operate with little oversight, which helped...

Ramsey Cox reports for The Hill: “Sexual violence in the military continues to occur at an alarming rate,” [Sen. Kirsten]...

Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: LeBlanc is one of 25 instructors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland who...

The Rocky Mountain Collegian reports on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Jackie Speier: …the military should focus its prevention efforts...

The San Antonio Current’s Newsmonger reports on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “This report tells us largely what we...

This KTVU segment features interviews with Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Protect Our Defenders advocate Katie Weber who explain why...

Ed Timms reports for the Dallas Morning News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “There is a top-down culture...

Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “A pattern of superior officers...

The Florida Times-Union Editorial Board writes: Imagine that robbery was rampant in the military. Imagine that in 2011, some 3,000...

Kate J.M. Baker writes for Jezebel on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Speier has also said the...

The Associated Press reports on proposed reforms in the Air Force and Protect Our Defenders’ response: Protect Our Defenders, an...

Chris Caroll reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Ultimately, Parrish said, the problem of...