Faces on the frontline [Image 22 of 61]

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK, UNITED STATES

03.31.2020

Photo by Kelly White 

72nd Air Base Wing

Pam Cowns serves as Tinker's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Coordinator. She has worked in the SAPR office for five years. Before she was in SAPR, she woked as a program manager for the F101 engine, worked with the C21 program and also served in the U.S. Army (active duty and reserve) for 28 years, retiring as a First Sergeant. Cowns is originally from Mustang, OK, but calls Midwest City her home. She loves spending time with her children and five grandchildren. The main focus of the SAPR office is to care for victims of sexual assault and explain the options they have and provide resources, such as legal, Special Victims Counsel and counseling resources and victim advocates. The SAPR personnel will stay with a victim through the entire process of an investigation, court martial or civilian court. The SAPR Office has had to make changes to events scheduled for Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, but their office is still open through this pandemic and one full-time staff member will be in the office every day. The SAPR hotline [phone]) is also operational 24/7, manned by the five full-time SAPR staff. Cowns like helping people. "I like being able to see how someone goes from being a victim to a survivor and then flat-out thriving in life. It's very rewarding to see that." (U.S. Air Force photo/Kelly White)

• Date Taken: 03.31.2020
• Date Posted: 09.03.2020 16:34
• Photo ID: 6209993
• VIRIN: 200331-F-RI777-1157
• Resolution: 2008x2840
• Size: 1.2 MB
• Location: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, OK, US