2013 NDAA: New Policies on Military Sexual Assault
by Kathleen Gilberd On January 2, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2013 (“NDAA”), infamous in civil rights circles because it allows indefinite detention of...
View ArticleMilitary sexual assault — It’s the culture
An Op-Ed for MLTF The military is once again in crisis over sexual assaults. In recent weeks, it has become more apparent than ever that the military’s sexual assault policy is a failure, and that...
View ArticleTeam Manning: How a grassroots crew of war resisters took on the US Army
BY RENA GUAY Thanks to help from the Task Force, I was able to attend the first days of the Manning court-martial, and also attended the June 1 rally outside the main gate to Ft. Meade, which was...
View ArticleMilitary Law and the New NDAA
Changes include sexual assault reform, repeal of sodomy ban, numerous other important updates to UCMJ, court-martial procedure. This article first appeared in the March 2014 issue of On Watch, MLTF’s...
View ArticleMLTF’s James Branum interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
MLTF member (and past co-chair) James M. Branum, an attorney in Oklahoma City, was a guest on Democracy Now! to talk about Bowe Bergdahl and the legal rights of war resisters. “There Were No Good...
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Report exposes mistreatment of GIs by Fort Hood leadership
Testimonies in ‘Fort Hood Report’ recount unethical health care practices, disregard of medical advice, violations of policy This Memorial Day a national group of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans marked...
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What’s new in Conscientious Objector law?
Deborah Karpatkin By Deborah H. Karpatkin The years 2005-2011 saw a number of federal court cases considering habeas corpus applications from military conscientious objectors. These cases were ably...
View ArticleNational Lawyers Guild Submits Comments for Improving Military Justice System...
NEW YORK — The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) today submitted comments to the Defense Department’s Military Justice Review Group as part of its comprehensive review of the military justice system....
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Non-Judicial Punishment: Middle Ground Between Admin Proceedings And...
This material appeared in the June 2014 issue of On Watch (Volume XXV No.2). The PDF version of the issue is available in the On Watch archive, and a stand-alone memo version is pending. James M....
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DoD releases report on sexual assaults. What do the new numbers mean?
The Department of Defense has just released a new report on sexual assault in the military, and Pentagon officials are claiming that their efforts against sexual assault involve “notable progress.” The...
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