Air Force Launches Program to Help Sexual Assault, Harassment Survivors at 7 Bases The Air Force is launching a new pilot program that will put resources for survivors of domestic abuse, stalking, cyber...
Sailors Filing Sexual Assault Reports to Get More Options Under New Changes The new rules are the latest of a series of changes that appear aimed at making it easier for victims to come forward.
Justice Delayed or Denied: The National Guard Struggles with Handling Accusations of Sexual Assault and Harassment Laws that don't follow federal doctrine, duty status and multiple jurisdictions allow units to mishandle or ignore reports.
Congress Pushes to Remove Sexual Harassment Prosecutions from Chain of Command Galvanized by Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen's murder, Congress used last year's NDAA to make a major change to the military...
Pentagon Links Leadership Failures to Violence at Bases Military bases with a high risk for sexual assault, harassment, etc., often have leaders who don’t understand violence...
Service Academies Report Highest Number of Sexual Assaults Ever More than 130 cadets and midshipmen reported a sexual assault last year, a 7.4% increase from the last time they had a full...
National Guard Leadership Grilled by Lawmakers over Sexual Assault Prosecutions Reports of sexual assault in the Guard have skyrocketed over the past decade, with 188 alleged incidents on state duty in...
Army Officer's Sex Assault Trial Paused over Unanimous Verdict Order by Judge Despite the legal wrangling, the unusual order is unlikely to herald a broader change in the military justice system and its...
House Approves Defense Bill with Pared-Down Reforms The House voted 363-70 on Tuesday night to approve the $768 billion National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA.
Narrower Military Justice Reform Among Changes that Survive Defense Bill Compromise A major overhaul of the military justice system has been scuttled from a defense policy bill in favor of narrower approach...
Renewed Military ID Cards Can Be Sent by Mail in New Pilot Program Active-duty troops can now log in to renew their family members' military ID cards in a pilot program allowing the IDs to be...
How the War in Iraq Changed the Military for Women Some 2,200 active-duty women out of roughly 40,000 are serving in infantry, cavalry, armor and field artillery roles.
VA Hospital Employee Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Accepting Thousands of Dollars in Kickbacks A former manager at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center was sentenced to six months in federal prison for...
Guardsman Dies After Fitness Test A junior enlisted National Guard soldier died earlier this month after a physical fitness test during a drill weekend...
The First Casualty of War Is Truth: Iraq 20 Years Later Four months prior to the invasion of Iraq, I found out that the George W. Bush administration was selling the war to the...