FLW AR 600-20 Sharp Flashcards
What does SHARP stand for?
Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Prevention
What chapter covers the SHARP program in AR 600-20?
Chapter 7 & 8
What is the Army’s slogan for the SHARP program?
I. A.M. STRONG.
What does I. A.M. STRONG stand for?
Intervene, Act, Motivate.
What are the goals of the SHARP program?
Create a climate that minimizes sexual assault incidents.
Create a climate that encourages victims to report incidents of sexual assault without fear.
Establish sexual assault prevention training and awareness programs.
Ensure sensitive and comprehensive treatment to restore victims’ health and well-being.
Ensure leaders understand their roles and responsibilities regarding response to sexual assault victims.
What does Ch 7 of AR 600-20 cover?
Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH).
What are the three echelons of sexual assault victim advocates (VAs) in a garrison environment?
The installation sexual assault response coordinator (SARC).
Installation victim advocates (IVA).
Unit victim advocates (UVAs).
Who can a Soldier report a sexual assault to if they want it to be unrestricted?
chain of command, law enforcement or report the incident to the SARC.
Who can a Soldier report a sexual assault to if they want to keep it restricted?
the SARC, a VA, or a healthcare provider, a chaplain.
What is sexual harrassment?
Conduct that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and deliberate or repeated offensive comments or gestures of a sexual nature
(2) Any use or condonation, by any person in a supervisory or command position, of any form of sexual behavior
to control, influence, or affect the career, pay, or job of a member of the Armed Forces or a Civilian employee of the
DoD.
(3) Any deliberate or repeated unwelcome verbal comment or gesture of a sexual nature by any member of the
Armed Forces or Civilian employee of the DoD.
Categories of sexual harrassment
(1) Verbal. Examples of verbal sexual harassment may include telling sexual jokes; using sexually explicit profanity, threats, sexually oriented cadences, or sexual comments; whistling in a sexually suggestive manner; and describing certain attributes of one’s physical appearance in a sexual manner. Verbal sexual harassment may also include
using terms of endearment such as “honey,” “babe,” “sweetheart,” “dear,” “stud,” or “hunk” in referring to Soldiers,
DA Civilian coworkers, or Family members.
(2) Nonverbal. Examples of nonverbal sexual harassment may include: cornering or blocking a passageway; inappropriately or excessively staring at someone; blowing kisses; winking; or licking one’s lips in a suggestive manner.
Nonverbal sexual harassment also includes offensive printed material (for example, displaying sexually oriented pictures or cartoons); using electronic communications as defined in paragraph 4 – 19; or sending sexually-oriented faxes,
notes, or letters.
(3) Physical contact. Examples of physical sexual harassment may include: touching, patting, pinching, bumping,
grabbing, kissing; or providing unsolicited back or neck rubs. There is significant overlap between that physical contact which constitutes sexual assault and that physical contact which constitutes sexual harassment. If the SARC receiving the sexual harassment complaint determines that the victim describes sexual assault and not sexual harassment, the SARC will advise the victim that the unwanted physical contact will be handled as a sexual assault; advise
each victim of the role availability of a victim advocate; their victim rights; their potential right to an SVC, with SVC
eligibility determined by coordinating with the servicing legal office regarding SVC services; explain the victim’s
options for restricted and unrestricted reporting; and clearly describe the required response protocol for each type of
reporting option. Unwanted physical touching that does not meet the legal definition of sexual assault may still be
addressed using the sexual harassment complaint process.
What is sexual assault?
intentional sexual contact characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, or abuse of authority or when the victim does not or cannot consent
