Law Military Freezes Sexual Assault Prevention Training in Response to Anti DEI EO

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

SAPR is the Military's Sexual Assault Prevention and Reporting program. It is a long standing program that keeps troops safe and provides justice for troops who are sexually assaulted/harassed. In response to the Anti DEI EO the Sec Def directed all commands to freeze further SAPR training and more recently remove all SAPR related signage.
https://www.latimes.com/california/...training-in-response-to-trump-executive-order

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2...ault-prevention-and-response-training/402829/

This is about a month old now but I was giving it time to blow over but it seems like it's only getting worse. Resources like the SAPR officer and Equal Opportunity Officer (prevent religious, racial, and gender discrimination in the unit) are being stripped from commands.

We are in dark times

 

[Siver!]

SAPR is the Military's Sexual Assault Prevention and Reporting program. It is a long standing program that keeps troops safe and provides justice for troops who are sexually assaulted/harassed. In response to the Anti DEI EO the Sec Def directed all commands to freeze further SAPR training and more recently remove all SAPR related signage.
https://www.latimes.com/california/...training-in-response-to-trump-executive-order

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2...ault-prevention-and-response-training/402829/

This is about a month old now but I was giving it time to blow over but it seems like it's only getting worse. Resources like the SAPR officer and Equal Opportunity Officer (prevent religious, racial, and gender discrimination in the unit) are being stripped from commands.

We are in dark times

On a local level in the UK there was a young female soldier who killed herself because the officer in charge became obsessed with her and wouldn't leave her alone.

Removing any possible interventions in scenarios like that is extremely scummy. US leadership is completely unhinged. Sexual assault prevention shouldn't be seen as "DEI" or a drain, just absolute common sense.

But if you put men of a certain disposition in charge, why would they want a department that could potentially get THEM in trouble?

A truly repugnant move.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

On a local level in the UK there was a young female soldier who killed herself because the officer in charge became obsessed with her and wouldn't leave her alone.

Removing any possible interventions in scenarios like that is extremely scummy. US leadership is completely unhinged. Sexual assault prevention shouldn't be seen as "DEI" or a drain, just absolute common sense.

But if you put men of a certain disposition in charge, why would they want a department that could potentially get THEM in trouble?

A truly repugnant move.

I feel as though we're very quickly reaching a breaking point in the armed forces

 

[Rational Poster]

The current SoD likes to get drunk and abuse women, are you really surprised?

 

[Ares Black]

Cool. What a great job this administration is doing. Everything is totally fine.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

The current SoD likes to get drunk and abuse women, are you really surprised?

No but it doesn't make it any easier as someone with multiple female Marines under my charge that are particularly concerned about this. One of which I've had to help with harassment issues in the past.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

- Nate Diaz gif!

 

[AWilder]

The current SoD likes to get drunk and abuse women, are you really surprised?

The overlap of Nazi rapists in this administration is basically 1:1

 

[terrapin]

Our country is led by despicable human beings. I've never been yellow-carted or really ever wanted to say anything I shouldn't say on this forum but this kind of thing? I have to hold my tongue man..... I'm getting pissed off.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Our country is led by despicable human beings. I've never been yellow-carted or really ever wanted to say anything I shouldn't say on this forum but this kind of thing? I have to hold my tongue man..... I'm getting pissed off.

The sad thing is, I'm not even angry anymore. It's all expected. We laugh and joke about the government not caring about us and embracing the suck but at least there were things in place to actually support us. But one by one they're going away.

 

[Ares Black]

Perhaps putting an alcoholic sexual predator in charge of the military was a poor choice

 

[Cherry Brigand]

Our country is led by despicable human beings. I've never been yellow-carted or really ever wanted to say anything I shouldn't say on this forum but this kind of thing? I have to hold my tongue man..... I'm getting pissed off.

We're so proud of you.

 

[terrapin]

The sad thing is, I'm not even angry anymore. It's all expected. We laugh and joke about the government not caring about us and embracing the suck but at least there were things in place to actually support us. But one by one they're going away.

It takes me forever to get pissed... A flash of anger is no big deal to me but to actually be angry at a group of people for real? long term? It's nearly impossible for me. It's just not in my blood.

But this administration and the people that laugh about it and support it are starting to piss me off. A basket of deplorables was putting it nicely.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Perhaps putting an alcoholic sexual predator in charge of the military was a poor choice

It was the exact choice they wanted for this reason. No more EO, no more SAPR, no more diversity, and most recently, a way to bar many black troops from serving

 

[Captain Tenneal]

SAPR is the Military's Sexual Assault Prevention and Reporting program. It is a long standing program that keeps troops safe and provides justice for troops who are sexually assaulted/harassed. In response to the Anti DEI EO the Sec Def directed all commands to freeze further SAPR training and more recently remove all SAPR related signage.
https://www.latimes.com/california/...training-in-response-to-trump-executive-order

https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2...ault-prevention-and-response-training/402829/

This is about a month old now but I was giving it time to blow over but it seems like it's only getting worse. Resources like the SAPR officer and Equal Opportunity Officer (prevent religious, racial, and gender discrimination in the unit) are being stripped from commands.

We are in dark times

On a local level in the UK there was a young female soldier who killed herself because the officer in charge became obsessed with her and wouldn't leave her alone.

Removing any possible interventions in scenarios like that is extremely scummy. US leadership is completely unhinged. Sexual assault prevention shouldn't be seen as "DEI" or a drain, just absolute common sense.

But if you put men of a certain disposition in charge, why would they want a department that could potentially get THEM in trouble?

A truly repugnant move.

I feel as though we're very quickly reaching a breaking point in the armed forces

The current SoD likes to get drunk and abuse women, are you really surprised?

Cool. What a great job this administration is doing. Everything is totally fine.

This story is false, the Army's SHARP program and the Marine SAPR program are both still being conducted on a regular basis. I work with both branches

 

[The Big Yin]

The question I would ask is what is on this training, which should be 100% safeguarding based, to cause the big nobs to panic and pull it as there is a directive to cut DEI.

It's like me running an electrical safety course and shutting it down because DEI is banned.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

It takes me forever to get pissed... A flash of anger is no big deal to me but to actually be angry at a group of people for real? long term? It's nearly impossible for me. It's just not in my blood.

But this administration and the people that laugh about it and support it are starting to piss me off. A basket of deplorables was putting it nicely.

After my VA thread I kinda gave up on finding a middle ground with these people. The ones who want to save face just won't comment or say "dems aren't better" as if that negates that this is terrible. The truly irredeemable ones will say this is good and praise the continuous suffering of troops and vets.

At this point, I'm too tired to be angry. I'm just gonna try and protect my marines and get by day by day

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

This story is false, the Army's SHARP program and the Marine SAPR program are both still being conducted on a regular basis. I work with both branches

Im at HQ Resrves for the Marine Corps. EOs are getting phased out actively and SAPR training is no longer being conducted. Current SAPR officers are still working the position but there are no new ones being made as of 1 month ago as ordered by the Sec Def.

 

[Ares Black]

It was the exact choice they wanted for this reason. No more EO, no more SAPR, no more diversity, and most recently, a way to bar many black troops from serving

Yeah it really feels like they tried to choose the worst possible candidate for every position. RFK in charge of Health? Tulsi Gabbard in charge of the CIA? Ooooooookaaaaaaaaay.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

The question I would ask is what is on this training, which should be 100% safeguarding based, to cause the big nobs to panic and pull it as there is a directive to cut DEI.

It's like me running an electrical safety course and shutting it down because DEI is banned.

SAPR includes training on how to handle specific incidents including LGBT sexual violence which is why it got flagged