The Air Force Special Victims’ Counsel program provides military sexual assault survivors with a dedicated attorney to help walk them through the entire investigative and prosecutorial process. The program began in its interim phase in January of 2013. Just seven months later, the Secretary of Defense directed all Services to implement special victim’s advocacy programs to provide legal advice and representation to victims.
However, for one member of the 14th Air Force Staff Judge Advocate team at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., a passion for empowering victims developed long before establishment of the SVC program.
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