R 051306Z OCT 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 587/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MF(UC)//
SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (SAPR) BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING, TAKE A STAND//
REF/A/MSGID:CMC WASHINGTON DC/221736Z JAN 10/-//
AMPN/REF A IS MARADMIN 363/10 TWENTY-THIRD EXECUTIVE FORCE PRESERVATION BOARD (EFPB) RESULTS.//
POC/MELISSA COHEN/CIV/UNIT:MFC-3/-/TEL:703-432-9357//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PER REFERENCE A, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS (HQMC), SAPR IS IMPLEMENTING THE NEW BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING VIDEO CURRICULUM TITLED, "TAKE A STAND."  "TAKE A STAND" WILL BE TAUGHT BY UNIFORMED VICTIM ADVOCATES (UVAS) TO ALL CORPORALS AND SERGEANTS AND WILL SATISFY THE ANNUAL SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR NCOS.  THE THREE-HOUR COURSE, CONSISTING OF VIDEOS (INCLUDING THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, THE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS, SENIOR LEADERS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, NCOS, VICTIMS AND JUNIOR MARINES), MINI-LECTURES, GUIDED GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTIVITIES, IS GEARED TOWARD ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE COMMAND CLIMATE THAT ALLOWS MARINES TO STEP-UP AND STEP-IN, TO PREVENT SEXUAL ASSAULT AMONGST FELLOW MARINES.
2.  MASTER TRAINING TEAMS WILL CONSIST OF THE INSTALLATION SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR (SARC) AND ONE UVA FROM EACH INSTALLATION.  MASTER TRAINING TEAMS WILL BE REQUIRED TO TRAIN COMMAND UVAS THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS WITH A TARGET COMPLETION DATE OF 1 JANUARY 2012.
3.  UVAS WILL BE THE ONLY MARINES TRAINED TO PROVIDE "TAKE A STAND" TRAINING TO NCOS.
A.  TRAINING WILL BEGIN ON 15 JANUARY 2012.
B.  TARGET DATE TO HAVE ALL CORPORALS AND SERGEANTS TRAINED IS 1 OCTOBER 2012.  COMMANDS THAT ARE DEPLOYED AND CANNOT MEET THE 1 OCTOBER 2012 DEADLINE WILL HAVE 90 DAYS UPON THE RETURN FROM DEPLOYMENT TO ENSURE TRAINING IS COMPLETE.
4.  REPORTING ACTIONS:  UNITS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THE COMPLETION OF "TAKE A STAND" TRAINING VIA MARINE-ON-LINE TRAINING MODULE OR MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE SYSTEM (MCTFS) REPORTING USING THE FOLLOWING CODES: SB - TAKE A STAND (SEXUAL ASSAULT NCO COURSE) SC - TAKE A STAND (TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE) SD - TAKE A STAND (MASTER TRAINER COURSE) (WILL BE RUN BY MFC-3 ONLY)
5.  HQMC SAPR WILL BE INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR JUNIOR MARINES, SNCOS, AND OFFICERS.  UNTIL THAT TRAINING IS RELEASED, ALL MARINES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ANNUAL TRAINING ENTERED IN MCTFS UTILIZING THE ENTRY "AT."  THIS CODE WILL BE UTILIZED BY ALL MARINES THAT HAVE COMPLETED ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING, EXCEPT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED WITH "TAKE A STAND" WHO ARE CORPORALS OR SERGEANTS.
6.  THERE ARE ESTABLISHED CODES IN MCTFS THAT SHOULD BE ENTERED FOR THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE COMPLETED SARC AND UVA TRAINING. THESE CODES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A.  SA - SARC.  THIS CODE SHOULD BE UTILIZED BY ANY MARINE THAT HAS RECEIVED THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND IS ASSUMING THE ROLE AS SARC.
B.  UV - UVA.  THIS CODE SHOULD BE UTILIZED BY ANY MARINE THAT HAS RECEIVED THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND IS ASSUMING THE ROLE AS UVA.
7.  THIS MARADMIN IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS TOTAL FORCE.
8.  RELEASED AUTHORIZED BY BGEN R. F. HEDELUND, DIRECTOR, MARINE AND FAMILY PROGRAMS DIVISION.//