Posted on Aug 15, 2022
Twice Accused of Sexual Assault, He Was Let Go by Army Commanders. He Attacked Again.
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WTF is wrong with you folks?
"At the end of the daylong interrogation, Alvarado’s commanders didn’t place him in detention or under any restrictions beyond the orders he had already received to stay at least 100 feet away from the two women who had accused him of assault, according to records. He was free to leave.
A month later, he sexually assaulted another woman."
"At the end of the daylong interrogation, Alvarado’s commanders didn’t place him in detention or under any restrictions beyond the orders he had already received to stay at least 100 feet away from the two women who had accused him of assault, according to records. He was free to leave.
A month later, he sexually assaulted another woman."
Twice Accused of Sexual Assault, He Was Let Go by Army Commanders. He Attacked Again.
Posted from military.com
Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
Sexual Assault
Sexual Harassment
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What's this "you folks" business? The better question is what's wrong with sexual predators? Pretty sure I posted this the other day already too.
I guarantee this has been common in the Army for decades upon decades. Now there's just a spotlight on it (well one that comes and goes). I'd bet there were lots of sexual predators sexually assaulting women (and men) and commanders swept it under the rug. SHARP didn't even exist until 2008 and that was just phase I of it. Then in 2013 they did a SHARP 'stand down' day which really didn't do anything. Small strides have been made addressing the issue but not very significant ones.
Look what happened with Vanessa Guillen and her murderer. They didn't confine him at all. I think put him in a conference room with one person to guard him. He got away and unalived himself and didn't have to be held accountable.
I guarantee this has been common in the Army for decades upon decades. Now there's just a spotlight on it (well one that comes and goes). I'd bet there were lots of sexual predators sexually assaulting women (and men) and commanders swept it under the rug. SHARP didn't even exist until 2008 and that was just phase I of it. Then in 2013 they did a SHARP 'stand down' day which really didn't do anything. Small strides have been made addressing the issue but not very significant ones.
Look what happened with Vanessa Guillen and her murderer. They didn't confine him at all. I think put him in a conference room with one person to guard him. He got away and unalived himself and didn't have to be held accountable.
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SP5 Renee Reif
the "you folks" is intended to refer to commanders and those who let these @$$hats continue to harm others. I retired in 2006 and SHARP wasn't a thing. It's so infuriating that we couldn't improve things enough over decades that Vanessa Guillen-AND MANY OTHERS- are murdered by their peers. Joining the military, for women, is still an extreme danger...
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SP5 Renee Reif - Yeah because it didn't start until 2008. I came in 2004...I remember when sexual assault and harassment were all under EO and the "Consideration of Others" training bs. It started phasing in 2008 - that's what I found when I googled when it started. Because I sure as shit don't remember SHARP as a thing in 2008 and I was deployed 08-09. I do remember when I got to Riley in 2012 and it was building up and I wanted to be a VA so when they asked me about doing the 80 hour course, I said yes. That's when it was still company VAs so I did that first. Then I was the BN alternate VA - and then I became the BN primary VA (which that turned into the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator or SARC and then alternate was a VA) when the guy who had it was accused of sexual harassment. I did that for a year and a half and then I was made the BDE SARC right after I had my daughter. I only did that for a few months because I had to do a compassionate reassignment. But I thought I could make a change being a SARC or a VA and in that unit, it was all lip service. BN or BDE leadership. And then having cases where I had to tell someone their case was ruled unsubstantiated (which doesn't mean false) and watch their soul crush in front of me...
I get it. Hell I was groped in formation once at WLC but didn't report it because my SGL was a sexist prick who would have just blamed me. That was in 2007 too. And I was groped by someone I thought was a friend of mine while in Iraq, in my office, doing my job trying to help him with his security clearance. I never reported things because I saw what happened to women who did...they got ostracized. I was in a mostly male unit.
At this point, I wouldn't encourage anyone to join if they asked me especially anyone I know. Man or woman.
I get it. Hell I was groped in formation once at WLC but didn't report it because my SGL was a sexist prick who would have just blamed me. That was in 2007 too. And I was groped by someone I thought was a friend of mine while in Iraq, in my office, doing my job trying to help him with his security clearance. I never reported things because I saw what happened to women who did...they got ostracized. I was in a mostly male unit.
At this point, I wouldn't encourage anyone to join if they asked me especially anyone I know. Man or woman.
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It is a problem with those in Command they should treat EVERY type preditor as a danger to unit combat readyness and military prison time should ALWAYS be the reward. As an ex NCO I can tell you this they would not want charged by me!
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