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The Fort Myer Dining Facility was decorated Sept. 30 with purple ribbons and wooden silhouettes representing those who were injured or killed as a result of domestic violence as the joint base kicked-off Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a Breaking the Silence Through Art display.
JBM-HH Commander Col. Mike Henderson said that preventing domestic violence strengthens both families and the community.
“When we prevent domestic violence, we promote safety within our families and show respect and dignity to all service members, civilian personnel and family members,” he said.
Henderson stressed that it is imperative that Army and community leaders remain focused on the issue of preventing domestic violence.
“When an incident of domestic violence occurs, it cannot be kept a private matter,” he said. “Violence and abuse in family relationships have negative effects that go far beyond the people involved.”
Incidents of domestic violence put stress on the couple’s children, extended family members, co-workers, friends and neighbors, said Henderson.
“Not only does domestic violence undermine the ability of families to be resilient, it also undermines readiness,” he said.
The dining facility opened its luncheon service to all Department of Defense identification card holders, civilians, retirees and contractors for the event. Staffers from Army Community Service
Family Advocacy Program handed out informative literature on how to spot the signs of domestic violence to attendees.
“I didn’t know what to expect,” said community member Kathy Zwack, who attended the event with her mother, Carol Ann Kelly. “I took some literature because I have three daughters.”
According to the literature, many abusers prevent their victims from seeing their friends and families, effectively isolating them from their support system. Abusers often control where their victim goes, who they talk to and what they do.
To learn more about how to break the silence that surrounds domestic violence, contact the FAP at 703-696-3512 or visit ACS in Bldg. 202 on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base. To make a restricted or unrestricted report of domestic violence, call 703-919-1611 24/7.
| Date Taken: | 10.01.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 10.08.2015 13:28 |
| Story ID: | 178472 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VIRGINIA, US |
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