Prevention
Loss of manpower, degraded unit cohesion, and distrust within the unit/with leadership.
What are impacts of sexual harassment/assault?
Rank, embarrassment, or retaliation are all considered to be this.
What are Barriers to Intervention?
The Latin term meaning "this for that", this type of Sexual Harassment is when a person's career or employment are bartered in return with sexual favors.
What is Quid Pro Quo?
Under UCMJ, this is defined as a freely given agreement to the conduct at issue by a competent person.
What is Consent?
Adverse or unfavorable personnel action, ostracism, and acts of cruelty, oppression, and maltreatment are the three actions that constitute this.
What is Retaliation?
The second layer of the Comprehensive Approach Representation, that is also the most influential to the individual's behavior.
Who are Peers, Friends, and Family?
Noticing the event, interpreting the problem, accepting responsibility, deciding to intervene, and taking action are part of this process.
What is the Bystander Intervention Process?
This type of Sexual Harassment occurs when Soldiers, Family members, or DA Civilians are subjected to unwanted and unsolicited comments, or behaviors of a sexual nature.
What is Hostile Work Environment?
For this reporting option, the Survivor:
- Has access to medical, advocacy, legal, and counseling services.
- Can control the release of personal information.
- Submit an entry into the CATCH Program.
- Is ineligible for transfer, reassignment, or protective orders.
- Does not have command involvement.
- Can change their report status at any time.
What is Restricted Reporting?
This is defined as any action taken against a member of the Armed Forces that affects, or has potential to affect, that member's current position or career. This could include a disciplinary, a transfer or reassignment, a performance evaluation, a decision on pay, benefits, awards or training, a referral for mental health evaluations, and any other significant change in duties or responsibilities inconsistent with the member's grade.
What is Adverse or Unfavorable Personnel Action?
Communicating boundaries, achieving consent, and having a plan while drinking are all examples of this.
What are Prevention Efforts?
Having personal courage to intervene and address the perpetrator is part of this intervention technique.
What is Direct Intervention?
The three categories of Sexual Harassment.
What is Verbal, Non-Verbal, and Physical Contact?
For this reporting option, the Survivor:
- Has access to medical, advocacy, legal, and counseling services.
- Is eligible for transfer, reassignment, or protective orders.
- Has command involvement.
- Has the option to achieve punitive action against their offender.
- Cannot change the status of their report.
What is Unrestricted Reporting?
This is defined as excluding someone from social acceptance because the individual reported a criminal offense, is believed to have reported a criminal offense, or to deter an individual from reporting a criminal offense.
What is Ostracism?
A lack of discipline and professionalism, displayed through inappropriate jokes and excessive flirting, are considered to be this for a developing unhealthy work environment.
What are Early Warning Signs?
Changing the subject or drawing the perpetrator's attention away from the subject is part of this intervention technique.
What is Distract?
This Reporting Option is resolved without the involvement of command, with documentation in ICRS and a locally-filed MFR with a full-time, brigade level SARC.
What is an Informal Complaint?
This allows for Survivors who file Unrestricted Reports to request movement from one battalion, brigade, division, or installation to another for safety and comfort during their recovery journey.
What is an Expedited Transfer?
A Survivor can seek assistance from these individuals when experiencing retaliation.
Who are SARCs, VAs, IG, and Command Teams?
These three tenets can help a Soldier or DA Civilian determine whether their message or social media post is appropriate to send.
Having a friend, squad leader, or trusted individual address the perpetrator is part of this intervention technique.
What is Delegate?
This Reporting Options is filed in writing using DA Form 7746 with command involvement.
What is a Formal Complaint?
Commanders, Chain of Command, Instructors, and Law enforcement (on and off-duty) all fall into this category for reporting.
Who are Mandatory Reporters?
This update to DOD policy safeguards sexual assault Survivors from facing disciplinary action when reporting a sexual assault if "minor" collateral misconduct is discovered during the investigation (ie. underage drinking).
What is the Safe-to-Report Policy?