A small tweak to how the Army trains new soldiers is dramatically reducing sexual assault reports

[rangerrebew]

A small tweak to how the Army trains new soldiers is dramatically reducing sexual assault reports

“There was no question about what the expectations are.”

By Haley Britzky | Updated Aug 5, 2021 5:04 PM
 

A change at one of the Army’s basic training installations has resulted in a huge drop in reports of abusive sexual contact and sexual harassment among recruits in their first weeks of joining the service.

Army recruits are now learning about the service’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) program “during the earliest stages of training,” according to a recent Army press release.

New recruits didn’t have sexual assault and harassment prevention training until “roughly two weeks into training” previously, despite the early days of training being “when most cases of inappropriate contact were reported.” Army officials touted a 72% decrease in SHARP reports in 2021 compared to 2020 due to the changes.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-basic-training-sharp-program/

[rangerrebew]

Notice the wording.  REPORTS have been reduced.  That does not necessarily mean actual assaults have been reduced.

[dfwgator]

So how does this help the Army to do what armies do: kill people and break their things?

[rangerrebew]

So how does this help the Army to do what armies do: kill people and break their things?

They are being taught to say "I'm sorry" after killing someone.  It's way more PC.