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Anybody could be a victim of sexual assault. It could happen anywhere and at any time. In the Marine Corps, one of Marines’ most important responsibilities is to look out for their brothers and sisters beside them. Through the Sexual Assault Prevention Response program, Marines receive that capability.
The Department of Defense initiated the SAPR program to provide victims the resources and support systems they need to recover from the trauma they suffered. The program also educates the military community on prevention methods.
When the program started in 2006, the Marine Corps’ version of the program involved only Marines until 2008 when the DoD partnered with Marine Corps Community Services and began hiring civilian personnel as Sexual Assault Response Coordinators.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edgar Wooten, basic entry Marine, Special Reaction Team, Provost Marshall’s Office, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, fires with M4A1 service rifle during a live-fire shoot house training at the Los Angeles Police Academy, Los Angeles, California, January 21, 2021. MAGTF-TC SRT Marines participated in the two-week Los Angeles Police Academy, Special Weapons and Tactics certification course.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)
Marines from the Provost Marshall Office’s Special Reaction Team at the Twentynine Palms Combat Center participated in a two-week exercise with the Los Angeles Police Department’s SWAT team earlier this month. During the live-fire exercise, the Marines entered a simulated house looking for hostages and shooters. They learned to use a Throwbot 2 reconnaissance robot and threw in stun grenades. Trainers and observers were situated on observation decks above the rooms and were able to look down i