[VIDEO] Senator Gillibrand Speaks In Support of The Military Justice...
Watch Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speak on the floor of the Senate urging her colleagues to support the Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA). This common sense, bipartisan legislation would remove...
View ArticleVIDEO: POD Responds to GAO Report Highlighting Failure to Address Military...
Protect Our Defenders President Col. Don Christensen responds to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Department of Defense (DoD) is failing to meet basic tenets to prevent...
View Article[VIDEO] CA Military Sexual Assault Bill Becomes Law
NBC Bay Area reports: California has just made a major change in the way sexual assault allegations are investigated in the state military department. On Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that...
View Article[VIDEO] ESPN: Operation Gridiron
ESPN aired their investigative report, “Operation Gridiron” on E:60 following an ABC News’ Nightline report. This is not supposed to happen at a US military academy. After all, these are institutions...
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[VIDEO] Former chief Air Force prosecutor ‘outraged’ by military’s handling...
In an interview with Yahoo News, Protect Our Defenders President Don Christensen discussed the military’s failure to fix the broken justice system and end the epidemic of sexual assault. Don also talks...
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Local veteran overcomes trauma through opera music
Watch this video about Kela Holmes, who walked away from her dream of becoming an opera singer to join the Army: But Holmes says by 1996 while at her first duty station in Ohio, she questioned her...
View Article[VIDEO] Revealed: Violent, Sexual Unofficial Air Force Songbook
In an interview with MSNBC, former Chief Prosecutor of the Air Force and Protect Our Defenders President Col Don Christensen (ret.) discusses songbooks used by Air Force commanders that encourage...
View Article[VIDEO] Bulk of women soldiers who report sexual assault report retaliation
A survey published this week showed that a large percentage of women soldiers who reported unwanted sexual advances said they faced retaliation. USA Today reporter Tom Vanden Brook joins PBS’ Hari...
View Article[VIDEO] Military sex assaults ‘far greater’ than reported, says Senator
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joins Andrea Mitchell to talk about why the numbers in the Defense Department’s annual report on sex assaults in the military are far greater than the report is letting on....
View Article[VIDEO] CNN: Miranda Petersen on Military Sexual Assault and Retaliation...
Miranda Petersen, Protect Our Defenders’ Program and Policy Director speaks with Carol Costello on CNN Newsroom.
View Article[VIDEO] Senator Gillibrand Speaks In Support of The Military Justice...
Watch Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speak on the floor of the Senate urging her colleagues to support the Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA). This common sense, bipartisan legislation would remove...
View ArticleVIDEO: POD Responds to GAO Report Highlighting Failure to Address Military...
Protect Our Defenders President Col. Don Christensen responds to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Department of Defense (DoD) is failing to meet basic tenets to prevent...
View ArticleAir Force Leadership Holds Town Hall on Racial Disparities
Washington, DC – On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Air Force Chief of Staff General David Goldfein and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright held a virtual town hall via Facebook to discuss the...
View ArticleDon Christensen Testifies Before House Armed Services Subcommittee About...
Hearing date: June 16, 2020. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on racial disparities in the military justice system. The first panel consisted of Protect Our...
View ArticleVice News: The U.S. military is facing its own #MeToo moment
“Rape in the military is a huge problem. President-elect Joe Biden has promised to take a hard line, saying he’ll support legislation that moves prosecutions out of the chain of command. But that’s...
View ArticleSurvivors Speak Out About the Work of Protect Our Defenders
Hear what survivors of military sexual assault have to say about Protect Our Defenders. Donate to POD here.The post Survivors Speak Out About the Work of Protect Our Defenders first appeared on...
View ArticleCelebrate Survivor Heroes
Watch a panel of survivors discuss their experiences… with a special surprise at the end.The post Celebrate Survivor Heroes first appeared on Protect Our Defenders.
View ArticleBiden Secretary of Defense Nominee Lloyd Austin Asked About POD Pledge
Washington, D.C. – At his Senate confirmation hearings on January 19, 2021 President Biden’s Defense Secretary nominee Lloyd Austin was asked by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) about Biden’s...
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