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What's the DAC-IPAD?

The Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces (DAC-IPAD) is a federal...

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Jul 28, 20232 min read

Actively Elevating Survivors' Voices

Though it has been a while since our last post, we have been busy executing on our mission to Empower, Educate & Enable survivors of...

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Jul 21, 20232 min read

7/20/21HEARING: “Findings & Recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault"

https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings?ID=D7868C8E-58A1-4E99-B7DD-1114C475D5AD

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Jul 19, 20211 min read

Armed Services Chair Faces Tough Decision on Removing COs from Military Prosecutions

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/29/armed-services-chair-faces-tough-decision-removing-cos-military-prosecutions.html

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Jun 30, 20211 min read

Austin backs change in military sexual assault prosecutions

https://apnews.com/article/military-sexual-assault-prosecutions-lloyd-austin-80b850cf22662937f51b964c3faf100f

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Jun 22, 20211 min read

Military must better understand sexual assaults to combat them

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/559473-military-must-better-understand-sexual-assaults-to-combat-them Note: The views...

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Jun 22, 20211 min read

A year after Vanessa Guillén’s death, lawmakers and advocates call for Congress to pass reform bill

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/17/guillen-act-federal-law-2021/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1623933128&utm_medium=social&u...

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Jun 17, 20211 min read

Secretary Defense Shanahan Launches A Task Force On Military Sexual Assault

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/16/shanahan-launches-new-task-force-military-sexual-assault.html

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Apr 17, 20191 min read

Rape Myths

By, Kylisha Boyd There are three categories of rape myths: myths about the assault, myths about the victim, and myths in relation to the...

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Mar 28, 20193 min read

Sen. McSally, first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, reveals superior officer raped her

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-mcsally-first-female-fighter-pilot-fly-combat-reveals-officer-n980181

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Mar 6, 20191 min read

Senator Duckworth (Combat Veteran) of Illinois seeks to support Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma

https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-joins-tester-murkowski-and-pingree-in-re-introducing-legislation-to-suppor...

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Feb 10, 20191 min read

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

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Jan 29, 20190 min read

New House Armed Services Committee 2019

The article below discusses the Armed Services Senate Committee and its' newly elected members for 2019. We are sharing this article...

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Jan 29, 20191 min read

Letter To Survivors

Dear Survivors, There are so many things we need to remember in order to move forward and heal. The first and most important to remember...

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Dec 28, 20182 min read