Woman to Lead Air Force Training After Sex Scandal
Paul J. Weber reports for the Associated Press on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy...
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The Enemy Within
James Kitfield reports in this cover story for the National Journal, an in-depth exploration of the problem of military sexual...
Tailhook Sexual Assault Survivor Wants McKeon’s Ear
Mark Archuleta reports for KHTS 1220 on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: Coughlin is one of the...
Air Force Instructor in Texas Acquitted on Sex Charge
Jim Forsyth reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Meanwhile, the House Armed Services Committee confirmed on...
House Committee to Hold Hearings on Lackland
Stewart M. Powell reports for The San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: “An open...
Editorial: Set Congressional Hearings Date
The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board writes: Seventy-eight members of Congress have signed a letter calling for congressional hearings on...
Statement from Protect Our Defenders in Response to House Armed Services Committee Announcing Lackland Hearings
Statement from Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish on the HASC announcement of future Lackland hearings: The House Armed Services...
Editorial: Comments are an Insult to Recruits
The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board writes: To be clear, this is a problem more serious than just a few...
Lawmaker’s Secret Lackland Visit Upsets Advocates
Karisa King and Sig Christenson report for San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “It’s disheartening that...
McKeon Expresses Confidence In Air Force Base Sexual Assault Internal Investigation
Mark Archuleta reports for Hometown Station AM 1220 on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “His statements that only a...
Statement on McKeon’s Visit to Lackland Air Force Base
Statement from Nancy Parrish, President of Protect Our Defenders, on Rep. Buck McKeon’s Visit to Lackland Air Force Base: It’s...
A Phone Call To Protect Our Lackland Trainees
Today, Rep. Buck McKeon, the House Armed Services Committee Chairman, returned to Congress from his summer recess. More than 15,000...
McKeon Visits Lackland Air Force Base to Discuss Basic Training Sex Scandal
Jeremy Herb reports for The Hill on Protect Our Defenders: Activists have criticized McKeon for not doing enough to address...
House Chairman Visits Lackland AFB Reeling From Scandal
The Associated Press reports in USA Today: Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon spent three hours at the base, where he met...
Rape and the Ethics of Adultery, or How the Military Hides its Rape Problem
Matt Collins reports for Tom Ricks’s Foreign Policy: Still, there is more that could be done to reform the military’s...
Col. Axelbank Exits Lackland for the Pentagon
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The abuse at Lackland and...
Trainer’s Trial is Put Off; No Explanation
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: A basic-training instructor’s trial on charges of having sex with a young...
Editorial: Military Needs a Battle Plan to Stop Sexual Assaults
The New York Daily News Editorial Board writes about reform needed to stop military sexual assaults and mentions Protect Our...
Video: Veterans Bike Across 12 States Including Kansas City
KSHB Action News reports on Colleen Bushnell’s Long Road Home bike ride, supported by Protect Our Defenders:: The Long Road...
Majority of Sexual Assaults and Rapes Committed in Military in 2011 Were Against Men
Heidi Evans of the NY Daily News reports on Protect Our Defenders Board Members Advocacy Board member Geri Lynn Matthews...