366 AN INTRoDUCTIoN To WHISTLEBLoWER over the lives of subordinates and it is no surprise that the prevention of retaliation is a ongoing struggle. The sexual assault statistics as well as the accounts of victims brought this issue to the attention of the military leadership, the civilian DoD leadership, nongovernmental organizations and eventually members of Congress. The result is the landmark Military Retaliation Prevention Act. As a result, the US military now has, arguably, the best criminal prohibition of retaliation in the United States. It is certainly broader than the federal civilian prohibition created by the Sarbanes-oxley Act of 2002. The next step in this continuing evolution of whistleblower law in the US military is to amend the elements required for a finding of retaliation in DoD investigations. At a minimum, the burden of proving retaliation should be no higher for a military complainant than their civilian counterpart.