VA leaders will take part in DoD’s sexual misconduct review commission March 2 Jennifer Thomas, an U.S. Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program coordinator, speaks with service members during an event on sexual assault awareness at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Tennessee on April 25, 2019. (Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith/Air National Guard) Veterans Affairs leaders will play a key role in the Defense Department’s sweeping review of sexual misconduct cases and prevention policies in an effort to ensure both federal agencies are providing the best care possible for everyone, officials announced this week. In a social media post Monday, VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had invited VA officials to participate in the 90-day independent review commission.