www.ProtectOurDefenders.com When Panayiota reported that she had been raped by a fellow coast-guardsman, the commander called her a liar and ordered them to "work out their differences." After being forcibly discharged for speaking up, she founded the Military Rape Crisis Center. This is her story.
Protect Our Defenders Foundation is a human rights organization. We honor, support and give voice to the brave women and men in uniform who have been raped or sexually assaulted by fellow service members. We seek to fix the military training, investigation and adjudication systems for sexual harassment, assault and rape --systems which often re-victimize assault survivors by blaming them and failing to prosecute perpetrators.