Local Vets Speak Out on Military Sexual Assault
Max Freund reports for the Gazette: Every day for six months in the early ’90s, Joan had daily bouts with...
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Inside Closed Lackland Briefing
The San Antonio Current’s Newsmonger reports on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Congresswoman Jackie Speier: “I asked a series of...
Army General: Don’t Hobble Commanders in Sex Assault Cases
Lauren French reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Congresswoman Jackie Speier: The House Armed Services Committee held...
KRTV: Long Road Home Project War Veterans Share Their Stories
Tara Grimes reports on Colleen Bushnell’s Long Road Home bike ride, supported by Protect Our Defenders: Five war veterans are...
Rep. Speier Calls For Review Of Military Sexual Assault Hotlines
Statement from Representative Jackie Speier: “As part of your commitment to our troops and eradicating sexual assault in the military,...
McKeon Receives Petitions Asking For Changes In Military Sexual Assault Cases
Carol Rock reports for KHTS AM 1220 on Protect Our Defenders: Members of Protect Our Defenders visited the offices of...
San Antonio News-Express: Abuses Call for Inquiry by Congress
The San Antonio News-Express Editorial Board writes: Congress would be acting well within its authority to find out what went...
The Bob Edwards Show: An ‘Occupational Hazard’ – Rape in the Military
The Bob Edwards Show presents a special series, “An ‘Occupational Hazard’: Rape in the Military” featuring Protect Our Defenders Advocacy...
Sexual Assault Survivors Criticize Sentence Given to Lackland Instructor
Jennifer Hlad reports for Stars and Stripes on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Parrish’s group organized the Thursday meeting...
Bloomberg: Senator Ends Bid to Block Air Force Nominee Over Assaults
David Lerman and Tony Capaccio report for Bloomberg News on Protect Our Defenders: Protect Our Defenders, a victims support group,...
Video: Closed-Door Meeting Irks Military Sex Assault Victims
Cox TV reports on Protect Our Defenders: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: “What happened to us should never happen to another member of...
AF Trainer Given 30 Days Behind Bars, Loss of Rank
Karisa King reports for the San Antonio News-Express on Protect Our Defenders: The sentence drew swift criticism from advocates, who...
Reuters: Second Air Force Trainer Guilty in Sex Scandal
Reuters reports: Pressure is mounting from the public as well. Paula Coughlin-Puopolo, the former Navy helicopter pilot who exposed the...
Senator Ends Hold On Air Force Chief Nomination
Donna Cassata reports for the Associated Press on Rep. Jackie Speier: “They didn’t have answers as to whether they (the...
ABC News: Activists Demand Congress Hold Open Hearing on Air Force Sexual Assaults
Serena Marshall reports for ABC News on Protect Our Defenders: According to a press release from Protect Our Defenders, an...
Air Force Instructor Gets 30 Days in Sex Scandal
Rob Quinn reports for Newser on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: The president of the Protect Our Defenders victims...
VIDEO: Military Rape Survivors Urge Accountability
Al Jazeera reports: Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: “The problem has got to be solved at a higher level than the Secretary of...
On Sexual Abuse and Impunity in the US Air Force
Rosalind Jordan reports for Al-Jazeera on Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: Coughlin-Puopolo worries that today’s young airmen are too optimistic, even naïve. So...
As Lackland Air Force Base Scandal Widens, Tailhook Whistleblower To Demand Hearing
Molly O’Toole reports for The Huffington Post on Protect Our Defenders: “It is time for our elected officials that have...
San Antonio News-Express: Trainer Gets a Mixed Verdict
Karisa King reports: In a mixed verdict late Wednesday, an Air Force jury convicted Tech. Sgt. Christopher Smith on two...