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...
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Press Release: Tailhook Whistleblower Delivers 10,000 Petitions To Rep. Buck McKeon Demanding a Lackland Hearing and Investigation About Air Force Sexual Abuse Scandal
Protect Our Defenders Press Release: Today, the former Naval Aviator and military sexual assault survivor was joined by Protect Our...
Tailhook Whistleblower Wants Congressional Hearing on Lackland
Jessica Hlad from Stars and Stripes reports on Protect Our Defenders: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, said that...
Advisory: Tailhook Whistleblower, Military Sexual Assault Survivors to Deliver Petitions to Congress Demanding Lackland Hearing Ahead of Closed-Door Briefing
Protect Our Defenders Media Advisory: On Thursday, Protect Our Defenders will hold an event in our nation’s capital ahead of...
San Antonio Current: Lackland AFB Alleged Sex Scandal Victims Climbs to 38
San Antonio Current’s Newsmonger reports on Protect Our Defenders: “Unfortunately, we’ve always suspected that this was just the tip of...
Advocates: MTI Cases Prove System Is Broken
Kristin Davis reports for Air Force Times Prime on Protect Our Defenders: “It’s being addressed in the Catholic church. It’s...
San Antonio News-Express: Critics Say Walker’s Sentence Too Short
Sig Christenson and Karisa King report in San Antonio News-Express on Rep. Jackie Speier and Protect Our Defenders: Rep. Jackie...
AF Chief Nominee Blocked Because of Lackland
Michael Hoffman in DoD Buzz reports: “What we have been doing is not working. It’s not for lack of effort,”...
Nation: House Committee Still Sidestepping Hearing on Air Force Sex Scandal
The Nation reports on Lackland and the Protect Our Defenders petition for a Congressional investigation: …the advocacy group Protect Our...
Bloomberg: Sexual Assaults Plague Military After Decades of Reform
David Lerman reports on Paula Puopolo, Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board member Jennifer Norris and Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier:...
San Antonio Express-News: Lackland Sex Scandal to be Subject of Briefing
The San Antonio Express-News reports on Protect Our Defenders: Protect Our Defenders, a human rights group that advocates for military...
Editorial: An Inadequate Sentence in Air Force Sex Assault Case
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board writes: How can this continue? Is this Jerry Sandusky raping little boys and Joe...
Sen. Cornyn Blocks White House Nominee for Air Force Chief
Carlo Muñoz and Jeremy Herb for The Hill report: “My hold on General Welsh will remain until I feel the...
Houston Chronicle: Women Targeted in Lackland Sex Cases Rises to 38
Sig Christenson in the Houston Chronicle reports on Protect Our Defenders: “We’ve always known this is just the tip of...
Statement: Protect Our Defenders on Air Force Announcement of More Victims at Lackland
Protect Our Defenders Statement on Air Force Announcement of More Victims At Lackland: Our hearts and prayers go out to...
How Many More Military Rapes Before Rep. Buck McKeon Investigates Lackland?
Nancy Parrish, Protect Our Defenders President, writes in the Huffington Post: …According to media reports on June 29, Gen. Rice...
Sex Assaults Taint Military
Saba Hamedy for the Worcester Telegram reports on the STOP Act: Late last month, U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., wrote...
Long Road Back, Veterans Ride for Healing and Help
Bill Buley for the Coeur d’Alene Press reports on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board member Colleen Bushnell: Colleen Bushnell…served in...
Lackland Rape Report Took Month to Reach Top
Sig Christenson and Karisa King report for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Word that...
Statement: House Armed Services Committee Announces Closed-Door Briefing On Lackland Sexual Abuse Scandal
Protect Our Defenders Statement on the HASC Announcement of a Closed-Door Briefing on the Lackland Sexual Abuse Scandal: “This is...