by ADC | May 13, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
The military sexual assault reform plan championed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) now has 61 supporters, enough to break a filibuster, CQ reported. The bipartisan effort would remove assault complaints from the chain of command. “In 2013, I started keeping a whip...
by ADC | May 3, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley is open to changing the way the military investigates sexual assault, he said in a new interview with the Associated Press and CNN. An independent panel recently recommended removing assault complaints from the chain of...
by ADC | Apr 29, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) wants to see military sexual assault reform included in the national defense authorization. “That is our goal, and it should be done this year,” she told MSNBC. Gillibrand has long pushed legislation that would take sexual assault...
by ADC | Apr 25, 2021 | On Base
A special panel convened to study how the military handles sexual assault is recommending that such complaints be taken out of the chain of command, empowering independent judge advocates to determine whether to pursue charges, as NPR reported. Defense Secretary Lloyd...
by ADC | Mar 11, 2021 | Congress/DoD, On Base
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks recently announced that the Department of Defense would form a new council specifically aimed at fixing many of the department’s workforce challenges, Politico reports. “Meeting our greatest challenges and advancing the...
by ADC | May 16, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) introduced military sexual assault legislation Wednesday that focuses on improving case investigation and judicial processes while providing better support for assault victims, according to a press release. McSally, a member of the Armed...
by ADC | May 2, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, On Base
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan issued a sharp memo to top Pentagon commanders Wednesday calling for an end to sexual assault and harassment in the military, Politico reported. “To put it bluntly, we are not performing to the standards and expectations we...
by ADC | Mar 21, 2019 | Congress/DoD, DC360, Military Families, On Base
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is establishing a task force to help “eliminate sexual assault and sexual harassment in the United States military,” according to The Hill. The task force was requested this week by Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), a former Air...
by ADC | Aug 5, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Military Families, On Base
Improving Army unit and command culture would help curb sexual assault and sexual harassment in those units, a new Rand Corporation study said. Units and bases with the highest rates of assault and harassment should be targeted with prevention efforts, the authors...