Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing: “The Military’s #MeToo Moment: An Examination of Sexual Harassment and Perceived Retaliation in the Department of Defense and at Fort Hood”

Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing: “The Military’s #MeToo Moment: An Examination of Sexual Harassment and Perceived Retaliation in the Department of Defense and at Fort Hood.”
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
(10:00 AM – Rayburn 2118/WebEx – Open)

Purpose:

To review lack of reporting of sexual harassment in the Department of Defense due to fear of retaliation. Additionally, the hearing provides a public forum to hear the results of the FORSCOM IG review of Fort Hood’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Program in light of the hundreds of servicemembers who publicly shared their experience with sexual assault and harassment on social media in solidarity with the SPC Guillen case.

Witnesses:

Panel 1
Dr. Nate Galbreath
Deputy Director, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO)
U.S. Department of Defense

Colonel Patrick Wempe
Command Inspector General
United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)

Panel 2
Ms. Lucy Del Gaudio
Grass Roots Movement: Justice for Vanessa
US Army Veteran

Ms. Melissa Bryant
Grass Roots Movement: Justice for Vanessa
US Army Veteran

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Hearings

Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing: “The Military’s #MeToo Moment: An Examination of Sexual Harassment and Perceived Retaliation in the Department of Defense and at Fort Hood”

July 29, 2020