More SARC briefings soon.

[Beaver]

"In addition, the digital messaging system GroupMe, which was used by the squadron, was often littered with conversations containing pornographic imagery, often of male genitalia, as well as “vulgar, homophobic, and sexually suggestive statements.”

At least he wasn't reinforcing any stereotypes...

Like you've never drawn a cocknballs on someone's briefing room boards.

[guineapigfury]

Like you've never drawn a cocknballs on someone's briefing room boards.

The proper verbiage is "emphallusing", which is like emphasizing only with more cock and balls.

[Majestik Møøse]

Dummies should've used Wickr

[ComingLeft]

Better update my ISOPREP, my pre-briefed GTAS was a huge cock and balls pointing toward my hole-up site...

If it is your own hole that is now okay. Your cock and balls just cannot be pointed toward anyone else's... hole. You will have to change it when the first female PJ or CRO is trained

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[Napoleon_Tanerite]

Army guy is a member of the sexual assault and harassment program.....and running a prostitution ring. Maybe he viewed it as a "how to" vs a "don't do" program and lost something in translation.

FORT HOOD, Texas (CBS Houston/AP) — A Fort Hood sergeant is scheduled to appear in military court to answer allegations that he set up a prostitution ring with cash-strapped female soldiers.

Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen is accused of pandering and several other offenses. McQueen was a low-level coordinator in Fort Hood’s sexual assault and harassment program — at a time when the military’s response to assault cases has been severely criticized.

McQueen will appear Tuesday at an Article 32 hearing, which in the military system is similar to a grand jury proceeding.

KWTX-TV reports that McQueen was initially identified as the focus of the investigation in May 2013 and was first charged in March.

The hearing is expected to last two days.

Another Fort Hood soldier has already been demoted and reprimanded in the case for conspiring to patronize a prostitute and solicitation to commit adultery.

McQueen is facing a court-martial.

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[di1630]

Std tacform UPT board diagram

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[MSCguy]

Just had my 4th SAPR training day in the last year due to the unluckiness of being at a training base, old base x2, and new base hit me on the way in. I also sat on a sexual assault Court martial at my old base. Can I file an unrestricted report because the AF has sexually assaulted me about sexual assault?

[Napoleon_Tanerite]

Just had my 4th SAPR training day in the last year due to the unluckiness of being at a training base, old base x2, and new base hit me on the way in. I also sat on a sexual assault Court martial at my old base. Can I file an unrestricted report because the AF has sexually assaulted me about sexual assault?

It's not rape if it comes from the Big Blue Weenie. Service Before Self and all....

[17D_guy]

“I’m sorry I raped you and will always be sorry that I raped you,” he told her, according to the Air Force official.

At his trial, however, Briggs testified that the sex had been consensual, McGarry said, admitting only to adultery.

So the recording wasn't presented at trial?

[Guest]

I'm guessing it was, but there was most likely a pre-trial agreement which limited the sentencing.

[guineapigfury]

https://www.stripes.com/news/spangdahlem-based-air-force-pilot-convicted-of-rape-1.298194

Only 5 months for rape. Discharged at 18 years. Crime happened 9 years ago. Discuss.

5 months is a ridiculously light sentence for rape.

[Guest]

As I said, they probably had a pre-trial agreement where the Lt Col would plea guilty in exchange for limitations on the sentencing. Given that the phone recording seemed to be the strongest evidence against him and 9 years had passed, the SJA and Convening Authority were probably content with the PTA.

[HercDude]

5 months is a ridiculously light sentence for rape.

I agree. But I have a hard time believing that if this were a civil case and the dude could afford a half-way decent lawyer, that he would have been convicted at all. Unless somehow physical evidence is still around from a 9 year old unreported rape.

The loss of pension and lack of job opportunities due to a dismissal is going to hurt him a lot.

[Homestar]

The loss of pension and lack of job opportunities due to a dismissal is going to hurt him a lot.

Who cares? He raped a woman.

[HercDude]

Who cares? He raped a woman.

I'll try to say it more straightforward. A civil court would not have been able to convict this guy 9 years after the fact, assuming he could afford a competent attorney. Any punishment he is getting should be viewed as beneficial for the victim and the public. 5 months sounds like a light sentence. The likely loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars actually is a harsh sentence.

[Dupe]

I'll try to say it more straightforward. A civil court would not have been able to convict this guy 9 years after the fact, assuming he could afford a competent attorney. Any punishment he is getting should be viewed as beneficial for the victim and the public. 5 months sounds like a light sentence. The likely loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars actually is a harsh sentence.

Yep... This would likely not have been a conviction in the civilian world due to different evidence rules.

This isn't the civilian world, and this guy got convicted by a panel of his peers for rape. I don't give a flying crap about a few hundred grand when the compared to the disruption of good order and discipline he caused.

Edited August 17, 2014 by Dupe

[zach braff]

Great - well then since he apparently admitted to raping this woman I guess I'm glad he wasn't in a civil court with a good lawyer - because I hope that any real rapist gets whatever punishment possible for their crime. Too bad he couldn't get more, but glad he got some punishment.

zb

[Boilermaker]

It's happening again...

I was recently ordered to attend an All Call at a certain pilot training base where we received a brief stating the witch hunts will resume. Apparently this is in response to all of the SARC events which have occurred over the last few years. They specifically referenced having done the whole "workplace cleanup" thing "two years ago" and said they had also previously focused on BMT & Tech School, and that pilot training was the next step. Per the brief, after pilot training will be ROTC. The job is being tackled by a task force consisting of 2 stenographers, a paralegal, an attorney, and two rated officers for translation purposes; but they assured us they will not be doing any investigating and won't be getting anyone in trouble. Of course this statement was followed up with, if we find anything we may have to turn it over to the chain of command for investigation, and then resumed the promises that THEY wouldn't be investigating anything. Of the 30 minute brief, probably 20 minutes was spent telling us what this was not, and I suspect if you are too new to read between the lines, you left not know what it WAS. They also selected people at random for "focus groups" and everything said in those meetings will be recorded, though they assured us that once the conversation was transcribed the recordings would be erased. Oh, and of course the transcription would be written in such a way as to provide anonymity to those who are speaking at the focus group. "Student 1 said..." or "Instructor Pilot 2 said..." Further, there is a hotline set up which will be active for the next month or two which will allow anyone to call in anonymously to make whatever report they want. At the end we were told Pilot Training has some amazing traditions and we want to keep all of the good parts. I couldn't help but to wonder the measure being used for good and bad, and I fear I already know the answer. I think it goes without saying that I don't support rape or sexual assault or anything else of the sort, but I suspect I already know how this movie ends and I don't like it.

[hispeed7721]

witch-hunt predictions

I'm glad I wasn't the only one in the briefing thinking that

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[LookieRookie]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one in the briefing thinking that

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My buddy was in one of the focus groups and he felt they were asking leading questions to get incriminating information.

And 3 on the briefing of "We won't investigate, but we'll turn it over to investigators" bit

Edited August 24, 2014 by LookieRookie

[Day Man]

"I don't recall" goes a long way...

[Tulsa]

Speaking of recurring witch hunts, has anyone on here been selected for the latest survey from Rand? They put a disclaimer in there saying some questions may be explicit, but it got real ugly in a hurry about halfway through it. I couldn't figure out if the USAF is trying to get data to show Congress we don't have a problem or trying to see how pervasive the perceived problem may be. Thoughts?

[Champ Kind]

What type of questions? How do you mean "ugly"?

[Tulsa]

Champ, we're talking prison rape type questions. As in, has anyone from work put their hoo-hah in any of your orifices in the last 12 months. That was about halfway through, up to that point it was the standard hostile work environment questions ( i.e. sexual jokes, gay jokes, etc). All of us in the flight room definitely got a good laugh out of it, but I was puzzled as to what the angle was for the survey. Surely, someone else got selected or do I have some sort of special mark in my records.

Edited August 24, 2014 by Tulsa

[Breckey]

I got the same thing. Answered "no" to every question because they had the descriptor "were you offended" or something similar on almost all of them.