MEDIUM Jan 22nd, 2017

Over 80 prominent military veteran leaders and political organizers signed a letter, published today, calling for factions within the Democratic party and the progressive movement to come together to defeat Trump and his Republican enablers in the 2018 and 2020 elections.

According to the letter: “The stakes couldn’t be higher, which is why we’re so dismayed to see a familiar pattern taking hold on the left. Once again, Democrats have locked themselves into an endless reenactment of the 2016 civil war. Meanwhile, a growing popular narrative tells us that Trump’s administrative incompetence, low approval ratings, and the investigation by Robert Mueller somehow spells imminent doom for the regime.”

FOX 9 Oct 30th, 2017

SALON Oct 26th, 2017

POLITICS US Oct 23rd, 2017

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Oct 9th, 2017

THE GUARDIAN Oct 21st, 2017

“For someone who never served himself, the president is very flippant about the deaths of our loved ones. You can tell when he tries to align himself with the military it’s a photo op to make himself look patriotic. It feels like stolen valour.” - Pam Campos

THE NEW YORK TIMES Sep 29th, 2017

THE CANARY Aug 18th, 2017

NEWSWEEK Aug 14th, 2017

THE A.V. CLUB July 17th, 2017

“Even for Donald Trump, this is some bullshit.”

HOUSINGWIRE May 25th, 2017

As the Financial CHOICE Act winds its way through the House of Representatives, two grassroots organizations that represent current and former members of the military are asking the members of Congress to leave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alone and allow the bureau to continue functioning as it does now.

VOGUE May 4th, 2017

WASHINGTON POST April 30th, 2017

“We have power to stop things. We have power to speak out — to show that there are things that we won’t accept.” Calling the VOICE network to report that Alf is trying to eat cats or Superman has engaged in an act of wanton property damage is absurd, McCoy told The Post. But so is the concept of VOICE.

CNN Apr 28th, 2017

Pam Campos, Director of Common Defense, tells Don Lemon that Trump's first 100 Days of hate, recklessness, and zero transparency prove his administration is fundamentally #Illegitimate. 

MILITARY TIMES Mar 13th, 2017

“We are waiting for our first lady to support our women in uniform against continued harassment,” said Navy veteran Trina McDonald with the group Common Defense, which in a news release distributed Monday implored Melania Trump to “break her silence and speak up.”

NEW YORK TIMES Mar 8th, 2017

"If our leaders are serious about making the Marine Corps the best it can be, and if they want to avoid repeated scandals, they must change the culture... this kind of behavior isn’t a joke or a normal part of building cohesion but a weakness — and a betrayal of our core values of honor, courage and commitment." - Alex McCoy

WASHINGTON POST Feb 24th, 2017

"Before the waivers were granted, Common Defense said the day-care cuts 'directly damage military readiness, and place an unacceptable burden upon service members and their families, who are already sacrificing so much for our country,' and 'undermine the military’s efforts to support military spouses building sustainable careers of their own.'”

BUZZFEED Feb 12th, 2017

Iraq War veteran Josh Manning speaks during a Martin Luther King Day gathering. “I’m a secular Jew,” he said. “Part of me didn’t want to come, though, because I’m not from Whitefish. But Montana is one big small town.”

CNN Feb 9th, 2017

“I think it’s our obligation whenever any service member is killed, when an 8-year-old girl is killed, when we lose the right to conduct ground operations out of country that has otherwise hosted special operations troops, I think it’s our obligation as Americans to be asking questions about what decision-making went into this.” - Perry O'Brien

TASK AND PURPOSE Jan 22nd, 2017

“My husband and son are military and Donald Trump has been so reckless... I hope that the veteran voice is recognized here, to say that the military community is no more hardened to the cost of war than the average citizen.” - Nicola Batts | Army spouse and mother of a soldier