Today, RIGHT NOW, the Military Justice Improvement Act is on the Senate floor. I received the following schedule from one of Senator Gillibrand’s staff members:

The military sexual assault time agreement will be executed on Thursday, 6 March 2014 – there will be up to four votes, beginning at around 2pm.- Roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1752 (Gillibrand).

– If cloture is invoked on S. 1752, all post-cloture time will be yielded back and the Senate will immediately proceed to a roll call vote on passage of the bill. No amendments, points of order, or motions will be in order to S. 1752 prior to a vote on passage of the bill.
– Following disposition of S. 1752, the Senate will immediately proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1917 (McCaskill).
– If cloture is invoked on S. 1917, all post-cloture time will be yielded back and the Senate will immediately proceed to a roll call vote on passage of the bill. No amendments, points of order, or motions will be in order to S. 1917 prior to a vote on passage of the bill.

In November 2013, along with an Active Duty Soldier, Navy Veteran Brian, two Army veterans BriGette and Ayana, and an Air Force veteran, Marti, I, a Marine Corps veteran, testified before a Congressionally-appointed panel in regards to three main areas:

1. The inadequacy of the military system to support victims throughout all phases of the incident reporting process.

2.  Recommendations on the role of commanders in military justice system.

3. Victim Services

If you feel like watching some of my testimony you can here (or push play on the video above). My 20 minute statement begins a little after 46 minutes.

Around minute 55, I specifically address the merits of Senator Gillibrand’s Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA).
To watch or read previous pieces in reference to MJIA, please see: