Army Board - Sharp

Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention

Chapter 7 and 8

1) create a climate that minimizes sexual assault incidents, which impact army personnel, army civilians and family members, and, if an incident occurs, ensure that victims and subjects are treated according to army policy

2) create a climate that encourages victims to report incidents of sexual assault without fear

3) establish sexual assault prevention training and awareness programs to educate soldiers

4) ensure sensitive and comprehensive treatment to restore victims’ health and well-being

5) ensure leaders understand their roles and responsibilities regarding response to sexual assault victims, thoroughly investigate allegations of sexual assault, and take appropriate administrative and disciplinary action

I. A.M. STRONG

Intervene, Act, Motivate

It is the army’s campaign to combat sexual assaults by engaging all soldiers in preventing sexual assaults before they occur

Soldiers are duty-bound to intervene, act, and motivate others to stop sexual assaults and sexually offensive language and gestures that create an environment to this abuse

Sexual innuendos, sexual harassment and egregious indecent assaults

Be prepared, alert, and assertive

State what you want

No means no (use a confident voice and body posture)

Match your body language to your words - don’t laugh/smile while saying no

Do not just go along for the wrong reasons

Watch out for warning signs or red flags from your partner in intimate situations

Travel with a buddy

Stay in groups,as there is safety in numbers

Plan your outings and avoid getting into a bad situation

Stay sober. (About half of all US sexual assaults involve the use of alcohol by the offender, victim or both)

Never leave a drink unattended. Educate yourself about date rape drugs

Walk only in lighted areas after dark

Keep the doors to homes, barracks and cars locked

Know where the phone is located

Don’t go anywhere alone with someone unless you know the person very well and trust him

Trust your instincts. If a place or person feels unsafe it probably is

Watch for signs of trouble such as strangers in private areas or persons loitering in places where they shouldn’t be

If you sense trouble, get to a safe place as soon as possible

If you feel you are in danger, attract help any way you can

Don’t dress in view of a window

Report any unauthorized or suspicious individuals in the barracks

Someone ignores, interrupts, makes fun of you

Sitting/standing too close to you or stares at you

Has a reputation for being a “player”

Drinks too much or uses drugs. Tries to get you to use drugs/alcohol

Tries to touch or kiss you or gets into your personal space when you barely know them

Wants to be alone with you before getting to know you, or pressures you to be alone together

Does what he wants without asking what you want

Gets angry or sulks if he doesn’t get what he wants

Rapes that occur between people that know each other. Date rape refers to situations in which one person has consented to go on a date with another person the a rape occurs

Go to a safe location away from the attacker

Contact your local sexual assault response coordinator (SARC), victim advocate (VA) or health care provider. You may also contact your chain of command or law enforcement. However, if you do, an investigation will occur and you will not have the option of making a restricted report

Seek medical care as soon as possible. Even if you do not have any visible physical injuries, you may be at risk of becoming pregnant or acquiring a STD. Ask the health care provider to conduct a sexual assault forensic examination (SAFE) to preserve forensic evidence. If you suspect you had been drugged, request that a urine sample be collected

Preserve all evidence of the assault. Do not bathe, wash your hands, eat, drink or brush your teeth. Do not clean or straighten up the crime scene

Write down, tape or record by any other means all the details you can recall about the assault and your assailant

It is unacceptable conduct and will not be tolerated

Destroys teamwork and negatively affects combat readiness

A form of gender discrimination that involves unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature between the same or opposite genders

Submission to, or rejection of such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a persons job, pay, career

Submission to, or rejection of such conduct by a person is used as basis for career or employment decisions affecting that person

Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment

Soldiers, civilian co-workers, and family members

Verbal, non-verbal, physical contact

Telling sexual jokes, using sexually explicit profanity, threats, sexually oriented cadences, sexual comments, whistling in a sexually suggestive manner, describing certain attributes of ones physical appearance in a sexual manner, using terms of endearment such as “honey, baby, sweetheart, dear, stud, hunk”

Stating, blowing kisses, winking, licking ones lips Ina suggestive manner, displaying sexually oriented pictures or cartoons, sexually oriented screen savers, sending sexually oriented notes, letters, faxes, emails

Touching, patting, pinching, bumping, kissing, grabbing, cornering, blocking a passageway, providing unsolicited back or neck rubs

Sexual assault or rape

Quid pro quo, hostile environment

Latin term meaning "this for that"

Demanding sexual favors in exchange for:

Promotion

Awards

Favorable assignment

Disciplining or relieving a subordinate who refuses sexual advances

Threats of poor job evaluation for refusing sexual advances

Allegations of sexual favoritism

Person feels unfairly deprived of recognition

Advancements, or career opportunities because of favoritism shown to another soldier or civilian employee on the basis of a sexual relationship

Soldiers or civilians are subjected to offensive, unwanted and unsolicited comments or behaviors of a sexual nature

If behaviors unreasonably interfere with their performance, regardless of whether the harasser and the victim are in the same workplace

Direct approach

Indirect approach

Third party

Chain of command

Filing a formal complaint

Confront the harasser and tell him that he behavior is not appreciated, not welcomed, and that it must stop. Stay focused on the behavior and its impact

Use common courtesy and write down thoughts before approaching the individual involved

Send a letter to the harasser stating the facts, personal feelings about the inappropriate behavior and expected resolution

Ask someone else to talk to the harasser, to accompany the victim, or to intervene on behalf of the victim to resolve the conflict

Report the behavior to immediate supervisor or others in the chain of command and ask for assistance in resolving the situation

Use the complaint procedures outlined in appendix D of AR 600-20

With a policy of aggressive and progressive training to identify and prevent inappropriate behavior

How to recognize, prevent, report it, and the consequences of engaging in sexual harassment

Defining sexual harassment and gender discrimination, sanctions that may be used to punish harassers, techniques for soldiers to deal with sexual harassment and methods of filing a complaint through the complaint system

Promoting a healthy work environment within the section or unit as well as technique for receiving, handling, and resolving complaints, leader responsibilities in processing informal and formal complaints, and must emphasize the prevention of reprisal actions against complaints

Fostering healthy command climate and using appropriate means of determining a healthy command climate, focus on sanctions for offenders and reinforce the elements of training they receive at a more junior level

AR 600-20 ch. 8

Reinforces the army's commitment to eliminate incidents of sexual assault through a comprehensive policy that centers on awareness and prevention, training and education, victim advocacy, response, reporting, and accountability

With dignity, fairness and respect

Yes

Both on and off post during duty and non-duty hours. Applies to working, living, and recreational environments (including both on and off post housing)

Yes

4 hrs a day/7 days a week birth in the garrison and deployed environments

The installation sexual assault response coordinator (SARC)

Installation victim advocates (VA)

Unit victim advocates (UVAs)

SARC

| UVAs

Rape

Nonconsensual sodomy (oral or anal sex)

Indecent assault

Unwanted inappropriate sexual contact or fondling

Attempts to commit these acts

All other sexual acts or acts in violation of the UCMJ that do not meet the above definition of sexual assault or the definition of sexual harassment

Indecent acts with another and adultery

Restricted and unrestricted

Allows a soldier who is a sexual assault victim, on a confidential basis, to disclose the details of his/her assault to specifically identified individuals and receive medical treatment and counseling, without triggering the official investigation process

Allows a soldier who is sexually assaulted and desires medical treatment, counseling, and official investigation of his/her allegation to use current reporting channels (chain of command, law enforcement) or he/she may report the incident to the SARC or the on-call VA

Only those who have a legitimate need to know

AR 600-20 appendix H

Army command policy

1) take immediate steps to ensure the victims safety, emotional security, and medical treatment needs are met and that the SARC and appropriate law enforcement/criminal investigative service are notified

2) ensure that the victim or his/her representative consent, in writing, to the release of information to nonofficial parties about the incident and that the victims status and privacy are protected by limiting information to "need to know" personnel

3) ensure that victims of sexual assault receive sensitive care and support and are not re-victimized as a result of reporting the incident

4) collaborate closely with the SARC, legal, medical, and chaplain offices and other service providers to provide timely, coordinated, and appropriate responses to sexual assault issues and concerns

5) encourage the victim to get a medical examination no matter when the incident occurred

6) report all incidents of sexual assault to CID in accordance with AR 195-1, paragraph 6

7) report sexual assaults to the SARC to ensure victims have access to appropriate assistance and care from the initial time of report to completion of all required treatment

8) report all incidents of sexual assault to the office of the SJA within 24 hrs

9) notify the chaplain if the victim desires pastoral counseling or assistance

AR 600-20 ch. 8-5 and AR 600-20 appendix H

To eliminate incidents of sexual assault through a comprehensive program that focuses on awareness and prevention, education, victim advocacy, reporting, response, and follow up

The SARC, VA, or healthcare provider, a chaplain

Chain of command, law enforcement or report the incident to the SARC

SARC

VA

Healthcare provider

Law enforcement and criminal investigators

Judge advocates

Chaplains