Army Sexual Assault Prevention Office Coordinator Accused of 'Abusive Sexual Contact'

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP via HuffPo

WASHINGTON -- The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.

The announcement Wednesday evening came just days after the arrest of the Air Force's head of sexual assault prevention on charges of groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot.

The Army said a sergeant first class, whose name was not released, is accused of pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates.

He had been assigned as an equal opportunity adviser and coordinator of a sexual harassment-assault prevention program at the Army's 3rd Corps headquarters at Fort Hood when the allegation arose.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/army-sexual-assault_n_3275941.html

[Laurian]

1. Okay, will the military person in charge of sexual assault prevention

who has not engaged in sexual assault please stand up? I'm beginning to think having predators in these positions is the rule rather than the exception. Jeez.

[DreamGypsy]

2. OK. Any bets on who's next...

...a sexual assault prevention coordinator for the Navy, the Marines, or the Coast Guard???

[Tx4obama]

4. Looks like they'll go in alphabetical order: Air Force, Army, ...

[Rebellious Republican]

11. Sorry to late, the Navy was a pioneer in sexual assault "TailHook".....

Tailhook Scandal's Long Shadows

The 1991 Tailhook scandal, involving naval pilots who sexually abused female officers at a convention in a Las Vegas hotel, excited plenty of outrage at the time as an example of military attitudes and Top Gun libidos running amok. Tonight ''The Navy Blues'' digs into the impact it has had on the Navy.

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/15/arts/tailhook-scandal-s-long-shadows.html

[DreamGypsy]

16. No question about the abuse...

...but as far as I can determine neither the Navy nor any other branch of the military had a program to prevent sexual assault until much more recently than 1991. So no Navy coordinator of a program to prevent sexual assault would have been present and involved at Tailhook.

Here's a link to information on the Navy's 'SAPR' program, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, evidently established after the Strategic Direction to the Joint Force on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on May 7, 2012.

So, I think the Navy is still in the running to disclose an abusive prevention program coordinator. Go Navy.

[Stuart G]

3. Excuse me...have we read something like this before???

An Air Force fellow was grapping some gal in a parking lot??...Oh this is an army fellow...
Well...yes it says that in the OP...well...??? don't know what to say?

[msanthrope]

5. You know, they didn't want gays in the military because.....well, fuck if I

can remember why.....

[Skittles]

8. BECAUSE THEY THREATEN THE VERY PERVERTS WHO ARE ASSAULTING WOMEN

YES INDEED

[msanthrope]

13. Well, they definitely change the 'culture' of the services, don't they? nt

[caseymoz]

12. Because men in the military

. . . don't like to imagine being treated the same way they treat women. That's their model of sexual relations, that's what they think gays want to do to them. They don't even like to imagine being thought of the same way.

[sakabatou]

6. *facepalm*

[Ash_F]

7. Wow, you can't make this stuff up. /nt

[Tx4obama]

9. Update, article below

May 15, 3:22 AM EDT

Lawmakers outraged over another military sex case

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.

-SNIP-

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said she intends to present new comprehensive legislation on Thursday to overhaul the military justice system by removing chain-of-command influence from prosecution of sex abuse crimes.

"To say this report is disturbing would be a gross understatement," Gillibrand said.

-SNIP-

Full article here: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ARMY_SEXUAL_ASSAULT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-15-03-22-34

[lovuian]

10. Predators placed in positions of authority sounds familiar

it is like the Vatican's past way of working

the poor Military women that have had to deal with this abuse

[bemildred]

14. You can't make this stuff up.

We think we are going to police the whole world ...

[Solly Mack]

15. I'm not surprised.

[Kablooie]

17. This could be prevented by eliminating straight men from the military.