Celebrating with Pride: Marking LGBTQ+ Milestones Along Our Path
As this month comes to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about my LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters. I’m proud of how we’ve rallied together and helped enact and witness positive change. Raising awareness for LGBTQ+ rights within the military and...
Preventing Violent Thoughts from Becoming Violent Behaviors
If it seems a week hasn’t gone by this past year without a shooting incident being reported in the national news. Sadly, we’ve seen more than 250 mass shootings in the past six months, according to a recent Washington Post article. The increase is...
Mental Health Matters: Raising Awareness 365-Days a Year
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and for service men and women everywhere, this couldn’t come at a more important time. Suicide rates for active-duty personnel and veterans have risen to surprising levels. In fact, the rate of U.S. service...
Depp v. Heard: What We Can Learn from This High-Profile Example of Domestic Violence
It’s hard to miss the ongoing defamation case between former celebrity couple Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. In the largely televised trial, Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, based on an open editorial she wrote in The Washington Post. The op-ed...
Case in Point: Why Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley’s Court-Martial Ruling Is Important
Last month brought some surprising and welcome news for those striving to clean up issues of sexual assault in the military. In a big step, and for the first time in its 75-year history, the Air Force convicted a general officer after a...
A New Executive Order Brings Justice to Military Sexual Assault Survivors
Earlier this year, an historic piece of legislation was signed into law to help support victims of sexual assault within the United States military. On January 26, 2022, President Joe Biden put pen to paper on an executive order recognizing sexual...