Posted on Mar 2, 2021
Austin orders new steps to curb sexual assault while panel studies the problem | Federal News...
1.01K
15
5
4
4
0
"For one, each of the services will need to create new workforces dedicated to violence prevention. The memo, which terms the new cadre a “violence prevention community of practice,” offers no specifics on how large the workforce should be, but mandates that at least half of it be trained by the end of this calendar year, with the full workforce trained by the end of June 2022."
"Friday’s directive also orders the undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness to send him a report on “high risk” installations “as soon as feasible.” After that, Austin wants to see quarterly command climate survey data from each of those installations, including which ones are “of greatest concern” and which are “showing promise.”
Meanwhile, Austin also wants answers on what the services are doing to comply with the initiatives DoD and Congress have already ordered in recent years to stop sexual assault and harassment. Each of the services has 120 days to report back on their own compliance with existing policies and what they’re going to do to fix any gaps they’ve found."
"Friday’s directive also orders the undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness to send him a report on “high risk” installations “as soon as feasible.” After that, Austin wants to see quarterly command climate survey data from each of those installations, including which ones are “of greatest concern” and which are “showing promise.”
Meanwhile, Austin also wants answers on what the services are doing to comply with the initiatives DoD and Congress have already ordered in recent years to stop sexual assault and harassment. Each of the services has 120 days to report back on their own compliance with existing policies and what they’re going to do to fix any gaps they’ve found."
Austin orders new steps to curb sexual assault while panel studies the problem | Federal News...
Posted from federalnewsnetwork.com
SHARP
Sexual Assault
Sexual Harassment
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 2
3
3
0
How many times are we gonna go through this? There have been multiple commissions and work forces and surveys. It doesn't stop it. Maybe if the data is actually taken seriously it's a start. But I'm not too hopeful after the last 16 years.
(3)
(0)
CSM Chuck Stafford
I agree. Changing the name, but using the same methodology will only produce the same poor results
(1)
(0)
LT Brad McInnis
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff 100% agree. Enough commissions, enough studies. DO SOMETHING! Look at the data, and when a report is made, investigate quickly and thoroughly. Then follow the UCMJ.
(0)
(0)
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Stephen Hurst - They used to in Army Times. You could see court martial results. If someone was guilty they were named, punishment, etc. If acquitted, no name. That was 2015, 2016. I used that to try to compile some stats on sex crimes (it listed all crimes). Mostly it was junior enlisted up to SGT/SSG. A few senior NCOs and officers sprinkled in. Most of the sex crimes were actually child porn or against kids. Some indecent exposure. A few sexual assaults. But every month they used to publish the results. I don't know why they stopped.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
Here is my perspective. We probably have control over reducing sexual assaults, but we have no control over eliminating all of them. We do have control on how we deal with the victims and the assailants. Unfortunately the military is remiss for not practicing that control well in many cases.
(1)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google