BY AARON FRISHBERG Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part review of Military Equal Opportunity policies. The first part appeared in the Winter, 2018, issue of On Watch. The Air Force EO provisions are contained in Air Force Instruction…Read More »
BY KATHLEEN GILBERD On May 2, 2019 the Department of Defense (DoD) released its congressionally-mandated report on sexual assault in the military for fiscal year 2018. The executive summary and introduction are available at nlgmltf.org/military–law/2019/military–annual–report–sexual–assault/. While the report praised existing…Read More »
BY JEFF LAKE The spring of 2019 has seen the implementation of the ban on military service by transgender individuals. What started as a tweet by President Trump in 2017 has now come to be official U.S. military policy. That policy is…Read More »
BY EDWARD HASBROUCK Most reporters covering a federal committee reconsidering the draft ignored this headline news, focusing instead on the issue of whether to expand the draft to include women In what could, and perhaps should, be the beginning of the end…Read More »
By James M. Branum The Military Law Task Force has played a key role with the GI Rights Network (GIRN) since its early days, providing assistance for counselors seeking attorney referrals but also providing training and resources to the lay counselors of…Read More »
Note from the Editors: We are saddened to report that longtime MLTF member and GI Rights Hotline counselor Kit Anderton passed away in March. Kit made Santa Cruz his home and was a founding member of the hotline node there, as well…Read More »
Military Equal Opportunity Policy – Air Force Regulations Department of Defense Report on Military Sexual Assault Transgender Ban Update Ex-Director of Selective Service Calls for End to Draft Registration 2019 GI Rights Network Conference Report Obituary: Kit Anderton