Have you attended the DOD sexual harassment class?

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:22:09 -0400

This attachment is for humor purposes. Sexual harassment briefings should always be taken seriously. How did you feel about yours? Was it the standard boring variety or did you have live actors acting out a skit? I dislike boring required educational meetings and if in charge of conducting such a briefing I always strive to make it interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZO_zehR9w

NCIS - Sexual Harassment Meeting

Very Funny, for NCIS Fans!!

Response by SSgt Alex Robinson made Oct 1 at 2015 3:34 PM

SSgt Alex Robinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:34:54 -0400

Ha!

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 3:54 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:54:02 -0400

CPT Private RallyPoint Member the debate of how can a woman physically assault a man or the part when the instructor rubbed up and down her leg acting out a story she was talking about a female LT trying to ..... a SPC. Great that people asked questions and were engaged in the class but ummm yeah.

Response by SSG Keven Lahde made Oct 1 at 2015 3:55 PM

SSG Keven Lahde — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:55:27 -0400

CPT Private RallyPoint Member Thank you for the funny way or enjoyable way of approaching this subject matter.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 1 at 2015 4:05 PM

Capt Seid Waddell — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:05:40 -0400

Never got the briefing; I was out before that became an issue.

If we did have any, they would have been very similar to that video.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 5:02 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:02:20 -0400

CPT Private RallyPoint Member Having spent most of time in the Special Forces community, that seems a very accurate portrayal of exactly how those briefings went.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 5:53 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:53:19 -0400

That right there was funny . thanks CPT Private RallyPoint Member

Response by SGT James Allen made Oct 1 at 2015 6:43 PM

SGT James Allen — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:43:57 -0400

I was the EO Sexual Harassment NCO for HHC 3rd Brigade 4th ID from January 93- August 94. We only had 2 females in our entire Brigade. They both worked in the Brigade Headquarters in S-2. I tried to make the classes as exciting as I could. I would let the 2 Lieutenants do the harassing of the guys. They were willing volunteers. Best classes ever done. The Brigade Commander was laughing his butt off.

Response by SSgt Terry P. made Oct 1 at 2015 6:58 PM

SSgt Terry P. — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:58:51 -0400

CPT Private RallyPoint Member All the briefings that i attended had the same boring context each time.Something a little more interesting would have been welcome.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 7:06 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:06:38 -0400

I think that you need only take class or watch video ONCE!! The stance on the issue will never change!! Why make it a annual class and not just once? TIME WASTER!!

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 1 at 2015 8:23 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:23:25 -0400

Ma'am, NCIS is a great show, and I enjoyed the video. DOD sexual harassment classes were after my time. Before I retired from my civilian career, we had annual classes that were always presented by someone from HR. They were as interesting as watching syrup pour from a bottle. Attendance was mandatory.

Response by SSgt Ed Lewandowski made Oct 1 at 2015 8:46 PM

SSgt Ed Lewandowski — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:46:43 -0400

it was annual class in afrs

Response by Sgt Ken Prescott made Oct 1 at 2015 9:13 PM

Sgt Ken Prescott — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:13:03 -0400

Back when men were men and the sheep were scared, I was a short-timer Sergeant in Japan. At four days and a wake-up--one day before I was scheduled to begin checking out--I was told to teach the sexual harassment class.

I started with "Sexual harassment will not be tolerated in this command. It will, however, be graded."

And it went downhill from there.

Response by Sgt Ronald Petroski made Oct 1 at 2015 11:18 PM

Sgt Ronald Petroski — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 23:18:34 -0400

Well we have death by power point. But if you don't do it then it won't happen. But some folkes never grow up. Male or female.

Response by SGT William Howell made Oct 2 at 2015 8:24 AM

SGT William Howell — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 08:24:44 -0400

I did 3 in one month because the female E-4 that the married PTL SGT was banging kept telling him people were hitting on her. We weren't. It finally took somebody going to the guy and telling him the next EOC brief would lead to a IG complaint. They stopped and he transferred soon after that.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 3 at 2015 12:04 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:04:35 -0400

Each class we attended left my Airmen more confused than before. They would come up to me with more and more questions that I could not answer with 100% accuracy. So, I always gave them what has kept me out of trouble.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 3 at 2015 6:20 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 18:20:59 -0400

The DoD contracted SHARP training was pretty staid but they were all worried about their gravy train. The products were open for briefers to make it more interactive to drive the points home. Without that freedom and the modern (although the acting was still amateurish) videos, it would be a miserable 2-3 hours. I was the Brigade SHARP and the D-SARC on my last deployment. It's flabbergasting to conduct this training only to have some O-6 say it was a great presentation but that he doesn't see why it's required.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 4 at 2015 8:04 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 08:04:40 -0400

The only bad thing about the sexual harassment briefings is that it happens so often. In anyone's honest opinion, do you think it is such a big issue due to the growing number of offensive things in the united states that people are hurt by?

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Oct 4 at 2015 9:18 AM

SSG (ret) William Martin — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 09:18:28 -0400

I have attended SHARP classes where the information was the same from two classes before that. That is a waste of time to show the same thing over and over. It has become check the block.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Oct 6 at 2015 5:30 AM

PO1 John Miller — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 05:30:41 -0400

I remember when the whole green light/yellow light/red light model came out. A few of the female Sailors I worked with would cry "Red light!!!" every time one of us males said anything. It actually got to the point where the women had to attend extra training because the men were scared to even talk to women in any context.

Response by SCPO Larry Poffenbarger made Apr 21 at 2016 2:17 PM

SCPO Larry Poffenbarger — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:17:13 -0400

I taught the class to a Seabee detachment. All males with the exception of two female E-3s. Within a very short period both females were being counseled for sexual comments they had made. Their defense: Sexual harassment only applies to males. Needless to say, the counseling session became somewhat intense. Master Chief got involved and they soon found that a PO'd MCPO isn't interested in your opinion of sexual harassment male vs female.