Our team is no longer actively reporting on this issue. Thanks to all who participated. If you’d like to get in touch, you can contact reporters Vianna Davila and Lexi Churchill.
Military investigations can be opaque. The people involved may be the only ones who see how cases move or stall.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune plan to continue examining the military justice system, which handles more than 1,000 cases a year across all branches. Charges in those cases range from disobeying an officer to murder. We also want to learn more about how the military handles cases that do not make it to courts-martial and how commanders assign nonjudicial punishments.
To help us do this, we’d like to hear from service members, former service members and families about how the military justice system operates, including how it investigates allegations of sexual assault, domestic violence, drug use and noncombat deaths. We are also interested in how military justice intersects with the civilian justice system.
As we embark on this effort, we want to make sure we’re asking the right questions. We hope our work can prevent future harm. To that end, we hope to learn from and speak with military support staff and current and former service members, along with the families of both groups. In particular, we would like to hear from people who have experience at military bases in Texas.
We will read everything you share and keep you updated on our progress.
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