A year after her death, the fight for justice for Vanessa Guillén continues
Guillén’s family continues to urge Congress to pass legislation to overhaul a system that doesn’t hold sex offenders accountable.
People look at the mural in honor of Spc. Vanessa Guillén that was painted over the weekend by artist Juan Velasquez on a wall located at the corner of W Ripy St and Hemphill St in Fort Worth, TX July 6 2020.(Omar Vega)
A year after Vanessa Guillén went missing from Fort Hood, her family and advocates for survivors of military sexual assault are still fighting for progress.
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Air Force to court martial a general for the first time in its 74-year history: Decorated two-star leader to face sex assault charges for forcibly kissing and touching a civilian woman
Major Gen. William Cooley will face court martial for a sexual assault charge stemming from a 2018 incident in New Mexico
This is the first time in the Air Force s 74-year history that an active general will face court martial
A court-martial is the military s highest level trial court that tries service members for the most serious crimes
Don Christensen, president of Protect Our Defenders, told Military.com that the Air Force s decision tells me that there s a strong case here
By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 22, 2021 Former Air Force Research Laboratory commander Maj. Gen. William Cooley will face a court-martial on sexual assault charges, making him the first general officer to be prosecuted by the service. Cooley is accused of making unwanted sexual advances by kissing and touching a civilian woman during an off-duty incident in Albuquerque, N.M., in August 2018. The woman is not a service member or Defense Department employee. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., head of the Air Force Materiel Command, referred one charge against Cooley under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including three specifications of sexual assault under Article 120, the command said in a statement Wednesday.