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Know the Laws:

UPDATED October 26, 2006

This page includes information about reporting and receiving help for domestic violence on military bases.

  • General Information

    Includes the basics of military law, the Family Advocacy Program, confidentiality, and removal of guns.

  • Military Protective Orders

    Information about Military Protective Orders and their protection on military bases.

We would like to thank Debby Tucker and Valinda Bolton of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, for their help researching the information on this page.

The Miles Foundation has published important information on this subject and directly helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the military. See A Considerable Service: An Advocate's Introduction to Domestic Violence and the Military (published 2001).

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