Eliminate sexual assault: Know your part. Do your part.

Photo By Staff Sgt. Richard Wrigley | Master Sgt. Joseph Leggett (left), the senior transmissions plans chief, as well as primary instructor of the Divisions Sexual Harassment/Assault Awareness Response and Prevention Self Defense Course, for the 3rd Infantry Division, shows a way to break contact if someone is choking you from the front, here at Jordan Gym, April 16. The course was held as part of the 3rd ID’s efforts to raise awareness and prevention of sexual harassment and assault during the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month. The course was made available to any and all who wanted to attend, and focused on teaching critical moves to stop unwanted advances, break contact from aggressors, and get out of dangerous situations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Wrigley, 3rd ID Public Affairs)  

FORT STEWART, GA, UNITED STATES

04.21.2015

Story by Staff Sgt. Richard Wrigley 

3rd Infantry Division

FORT STEWART, Ga. - Brig. Gen. James Blackburn and Command Sgt. Maj. Stanley Varner, commander and senior enlisted leader, respectively, of Task Force Marne, 3rd Infantry Division, signed a proclamation in division headquarters declaring the month of April the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, April 15. This is the Army’s fourth annual SAAPM. This years theme is “Eliminate sexual assault: Know your part. Do your part.”

SAAPM is recognized in April by both civilian and military communities. The Department of Defense observes SAAPM by focusing on creating the appropriate culture to eliminate sexual assault and requiring a personal commitment from all Service members at every level. We all have a part in combating sexual assault and SAAPM offers an excellent opportunity to focus attention on our individual roles.

One way the 3rd ID decided to get Soldiers to embrace this year’s SAAPM theme is to offer a week long Sexual Harassment and Response Prevention Self Defense Course.

Master Sgt. Joseph Leggett, the senior transmissions plans chief, 3rd ID, also served as the primary instructor through out the week of, April 13. The course was made available to any and all who wanted to attend, and focused on teaching critical moves to stop unwanted advances, break contact from aggressors, and get out of dangerous situations.

“There are a lot of Soldiers out there who love [the program] because the stuff I taught was simple, and its a lot of stuff that people just don’t know."

• Date Taken: 04.21.2015
• Date Posted: 04.21.2015 05:05
• Story ID: 160667
• Location: FORT STEWART, GA, US