nancy parrish is the founder of protect our defenders.ts organization which fights to help veterans who have been sexually assaulted. and colonel don christensen is the new president of protect our defenders. i want to thank you all for being here. this is a story that we've been following and working on for a long time. it's really hard to get attention on this subject, and, heath, something terrible happened to you when you were just a young man in the military. so -- so, tell me. let me start with you. >> um... i joined the military at 17. um, boot camp and everything was everything that you were told it is. once i boarded my ship, that's when the nightmare began. i was sexually assaulted by six fellow shipmates. my command chose to ignore me instead of help me out. i... tried suicide. i tried running away. i went awol. with the help of my parents, we did a congressional investigation. but... something that most people don't understand... when you're not on base, it's different, but once you're back on your base, that's the law. >> you