Tailhook whistleblower wants congressional hearing on Lackland

Tailhook whistleblower wants congressional hearing on Lackland
By JENNIFER HLAD
Stars and Stripes
Published: August 1, 2012

A group of basic trainees perform formation and parade drills in preparation of their graduation on Lackland Air Force Base, TX, where at least 31 female recruits reported being sexually assaulted by instructors.
CECILIO RICARDO/U.S. AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON — Twenty-one years after Paula Coughlin-Puopolo went public with the story of rampant sexual assault and harassment at the Navy’s Tailhook convention in Las Vegas, she’s once again stepping forward to demand change to a military culture she said is fundamentally flawed.

Coughlin-Puopolo last month started an online petition demanding the House Armed Services Committee hold a hearing to investigate the sexual abuse scandal at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. More than 10,000 Americans have signed the petition, she said.

Coughlin-Puopolo and four other victims of military sexual assault will deliver that petition to HASC Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif., on Thursday, just before a closed-door briefing on the Lackland scandal.
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