Gosport - January 11, 2013

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Vol. 77, No. 2

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January 11, 2013

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Mobile Training Team visits NAS Pensacola Story, photo by Ed Barker NETC PAO

The Southeast region Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Fleet Master Mobile Training Team (MMTT) deployed to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola to train command teams Dec. 13-14. The SAPR-F training is the latest event in the Navy's aggressive efforts to prevent sexual assaults and promote essential culture changes within the force. The 20 SAPR-F Master Mobile Training Teams (MMTTs) began deploying around the globe in December 2012 to provide SAPR-F Preparation Training to designated mid-level leadership command training teams in fleet concentration areas and locations with significant Navy presence. These command training teams will then deliver the SAPR-F training to their E-6 and below personnel, which must be completed at each command by March 31. The problem of sexual assault can significantly affect command morale. NETC FORCM(AW/SW) April Beldo encouraged command training teams to make sure their Sailors take the SAPR message to heart. “Sexual assault is not only a concern for victims, but also impacts command readiness in many ways. When trust is lost within a command, it is impossible to meet the mission,” said Beldo. “I challenge each and every Sailor to become an advocate that will not tolerate the crime of sexual assault. It’s not just a leadership issue – this has to be implemented at the deckplate level. It is every Sailor’s job to carry this message to their peers and act responsibly.” More than 1,000 face-to-face SAPRF Preparation Training sessions are

scheduled through mid-January, providing training for active and reserve component training teams. Those teams that are deployed and unable to attend a faceto-face training session can receive the training via Defense Connect Online. After command training teams provide the SAPR-F training to their E-6 and below, each command is responsible for documenting completion via the Fleet Training Management Planning System (FLTMPS). Lt. Cmdr. Bert Rice is assigned as team leader for the Southeast Region Master Training Team presenting SAPR-F sessions at NAS Pensacola. “The first training sessions have gone great and we’re getting into a rhythm,” said Rice. “My team has an aggressive schedule of 115 sessions in 45 days, ranging from Panama City, Fla., to Millington, Tenn., to New Orleans; allowing us to see a lot of the fleet. This is time exceptionallywell spent and we are looking forward to delivering the CNO’s message on sexual assault prevention to the southeast region. Our goal is to prepare the command teams to effectively deliver training to the deckplate Sailor.” Sexual assault prevention is an important element of the readiness area of the 21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative, which builds resiliency to hone the most combat-effective force in the history of the Department of the Navy. Additional information on the MMTT and SAPR-L training efforts can be found at the SAPR L/F training Web pages, including command registration for SAPR-F training: http://www. public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/ sapr/Pages/training.aspx . For more information on the Naval Education and Training Command, visit the NETC website: https://www.netc .navy.mil.

Lt. Cmdr. Bert Rice and ATCS(AW) Chris Schornik, members of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response – Fleet (SAPR-F) Southeast Region Master Mobile Training Team (MMTT), watch the SAPR-F training video with one of the first classes trained in the region. In the video, a Sailor is inappropriately touched by her leading petty officer (both are portrayed by actors). The SAPR-F MMTTs are deploying across the globe to Navy concentration areas as the latest event in the Navy’s aggressive efforts to prevent sexual assaults and promote essential culture changes within the force. Commands have until March 31 to complete SAPR-F training.

First baby of the year born at NHP ... Capt. Maureen Padden, commanding officer, and Capt. Chris Quarles, executive officer of Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP), welcome the birth of Kathryn Grace Scott, who was the first baby born on New Year’s Day at the hospital. Kathryn was born at 12:14 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. She is the second child of Marine Corps Captains Anne Scott, training officer with MATSG-21, Naval Air Station Pensacola, and Cody Scott, training officer, VT-2, NAS Whiting Field. Teresa Beer (far right) presented the family with a gift basket from the “Oak Leaf Club,” the spouse association for the hospital. Photo by Stan Jones

Top legal officials make community outreach visit to NAS Pensacola Sailors get an update on civil rights issues Story, photo by Gretchen DeVuyst PAO Intern

Informing members of the military and veterans of their rights was the goal of a Dec. 10 visit to Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) by a detachment of state and federal legal officials. The group was led by Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, who has traveled to several bases to conduct educational outreach operations since taking office in 2009. “You have a tremendous amount of rights that exist under the federal civil rights laws and under state laws,” Perez said in a speech to base personnel. “I want to make sure you are aware of them, because a right is not a right if you are unaware of its existence.” Perez said service members must be free to focus on the task at hand, not on financial issues. “Congress knows you have our back here and overseas, and we need to have your back on so many other issues,” he said. Perez said his understanding of the demands of military life is based on personal relationships. His father was in the

NASP Commander Capt. Chris Plummer (left) greets state and federal legal officials as they arrive Dec. 10. The officials include Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (second from left); Elizabeth Singer, director, United States Attorney’s Fair Housing Program; and Stuart Delery, deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Lt. Joel White (right) coordinated the group’s visit to NASP.

Army and other family members also served in the military. “When I do this work, I think not only of all of you and the great service you have performed, but I also think of the service my father and my uncles have performed,” he said. Officials who visited with Perez included Stuart Delery, deputy attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division; Pamela Marsh, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of

Florida; and Richard Lawson, director of economic crimes for the Florida Attorney General Office Consumer Fraud Issues. About 30 government employees gathered for a morning meeting with the group. The presentation focused on housing, lending, disability, voting and employment issues. Discussions highlighted some of the tools the Civil Rights Division can use to protect a service

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