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I pledge to to thank Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board Members Brian Lewis, BriGette McCoy, and Jennifer Norris for speaking out against military sexual assault.
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Help spread the word about this video.For the past few weeks, Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board members have been tireless in their efforts to bring the epidemic of sexual assault in the military out of the shadows, and into the national spotlight.
Last Wednesday, Former U.S. Navy Petty Officer Brian Lewis and Former Army Specialist BriGette McCoy, veterans and survivors of sexual abuse in the military, testified at a Senate Armed Services Committee about their personal experience of being a victim to sexual assault while serving in the Armed Forces and what needs to be done to solve this crisis.
Earlier this year Former Air Force Technical Sergeant Jennifer Norris testified in front of the House Armed Services on the ongoing scandal at Lackland Air Force Base. They, like many other survivors have been interviewed by countless newspapers, television programs, and blogs where they have recounted their own extremely difficult and painful stories in order to bring attention to the epidemic and highlight how to fix it.
Please take a minute to thanks these incredible men and women in uniform on Twitter and Facebook for supporting victims of sexual assault in the military, and working to eradicate it from the Armed Forces completely.
After experiencing first-hand the inability and unwillingness of the US Military to address the issue of sexual abuse within the ranks, Brian, Jennifer, and Brigette believe that the reporting, investigation, prosecution and adjudication of rape and sexual assault cases in the military, must be taken out of the chain of command and placed into an independent office with professional, military, and civilian oversight.
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Update #1
Posted by Max Wertheimer (Campaign Leader) on Mar 19We're already over 100 pledges...let's keep it going! It means so much to Brian, Jennifer, Brigette, and all the other survivors and advocates speaking out against the epidemic of military sexual assault.
Let's get more people to spread the word, and put an end to sexual assault in the Armed Forces.
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I am on board 100%,you guys are truly heros. I will keep you Guy's in prayer and continue to foward this pledge.
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Thank You so much for representing all of us survivors of MST so well. I am so proud of you guys! Thank You Brian Lewis for letting us know this is not a gender issue.
Thank you Brian, Brigette and Jennifer <3.
Thank You Brian. lets keep the heat up on Congress to change the system.
Survivor of MST 1980, USN....i would love to be part of this....just let me know and I am in. I am tired of being treated like a second class human.....USN and the VA are still to this day treating us female Vets with less than adequate medical care, and in many other areas, they still refuse to understand what we have endured and for the women of my era, have held inside for decades. the stress alone does damage to your body....some turn to drugs or alcohol well, I chose to bury my memory...
…Survivor of MST 1980, USN....i would love to be part of this....just let me know and I am in. I am tired of being treated like a second class human.....USN and the VA are still to this day treating us female Vets with less than adequate medical care, and in many other areas, they still refuse to understand what we have endured and for the women of my era, have held inside for decades. the stress alone does damage to your body....some turn to drugs or alcohol well, I chose to bury my memory so deep its taken years to remember all the details and while I feel like I am worse than when this started, I know it is now, 33 years later that I am actually feeling and going thru what happened to me, feels so real just as if it happened yesterday. so much within us gets torn apart inside, just a few....trust, that is the biggest one it seems. also self esteem and self worth, guilt, anger, and feeling like a failure. I have much to overcome to come close to a life that even resembles normal....but I will make it because I am a Survivor of the USN's out right pure discrimination of women in the armed forces!