WEBVTT 00:00.438 --> 00:02.660 (light guitar music) 00:02.660 --> 00:05.833 ^- So I'm currently the SARC at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. 00:07.670 --> 00:10.130 The SAPR office here Incirlik covers 00:10.130 --> 00:13.433 all five geographically separated units within Turkey. 00:13.730 --> 00:15.050 We service permanent party, 00:15.050 --> 00:16.453 as well as, our deployers, 00:16.901 --> 00:19.460 including other branches of service. 00:19.460 --> 00:22.250 It is unique here Incirlik for us 00:22.250 --> 00:24.913 to assist deployers and permanent party, 00:25.010 --> 00:27.510 because at most locations it's either permanent party 00:27.510 --> 00:29.403 ^or deployers, one or the other. 00:29.530 --> 00:31.390 ^Here, we're trying to make it where people 00:31.390 --> 00:33.286 ^are comfortable talking about sex. 00:33.286 --> 00:34.869 - Get set, go. - Go. 00:36.830 --> 00:39.124 - And I think that by doing that, 00:39.124 --> 00:41.670 ^we as a society in the Air Force, 00:41.670 --> 00:44.249 ^are becoming more open and accepting 00:44.249 --> 00:46.233 ^of the environment that we live in. 00:46.380 --> 00:48.860 And being able for people to come and talk openly 00:48.860 --> 00:50.460 about what has happened to them. 00:50.531 --> 00:53.614 (light guitar music) 00:56.048 --> 00:58.430 I've been here for six months 00:58.430 --> 01:02.843 ^and we have had a total of 19 cases, here Incirlik. 01:03.050 --> 01:04.490 We don't consider it high or low, 01:04.490 --> 01:06.070 we consider that people are reporting 01:06.070 --> 01:06.903 and we've created an environment 01:06.903 --> 01:09.613 in which they're willing to report. 01:09.850 --> 01:11.140 However, I will say, 01:11.140 --> 01:13.030 that MAJCOM let us know 01:13.200 --> 01:15.800 that they receive anywhere from four to five reports a week, 01:15.800 --> 01:18.130 so where we currently are at Incirlik 01:18.130 --> 01:21.963 with approximately two to three reports a month is average. 01:22.220 --> 01:23.663 Out of the 19 cases, 01:23.710 --> 01:25.713 we've actually had three male cases. 01:25.850 --> 01:27.160 And I think that's really important 01:27.160 --> 01:29.570 because male sexual assault is something 01:29.570 --> 01:31.133 that we don't typically talk about. 01:31.133 --> 01:34.020 I think what it means that we've had 19 cases 01:34.020 --> 01:37.200 is that leadership has created an environment 01:37.200 --> 01:40.583 ^in which people feel comfortable enough to report. 01:40.940 --> 01:43.610 ^Not only that, but they're trusting their peers, 01:43.610 --> 01:44.991 they're trusting their wing men 01:44.991 --> 01:47.790 and they're trusting all of their leadership 01:47.790 --> 01:49.910 and supervisors to assist them 01:50.220 --> 01:53.373 in the actual sexual assault allegation. 01:53.900 --> 01:55.830 People are more comfortable and they're more confident 01:55.830 --> 01:58.790 in saying something happened to me and it wasn't okay. 01:58.790 --> 02:00.890 And they feel like they have that support. 02:03.340 --> 02:05.763 If you've ever been to an EDM or an EDC concert, 02:05.890 --> 02:07.250 it is the happiest place on earth. 02:07.250 --> 02:09.930 ^You hear people talking about how they love going 02:09.930 --> 02:11.770 ^and it's really just about loving each other 02:11.770 --> 02:12.603 ^and living life. 02:12.603 --> 02:14.359 ^So, one of the things that we wanna do, 02:14.359 --> 02:16.403 ^is make the SAPR ribbon glow. 02:16.660 --> 02:19.338 So, we want people to rock their SAPR shirts 02:19.338 --> 02:21.638 and use glow paint and really show 02:21.638 --> 02:24.200 that even in the darkest of night, 02:24.200 --> 02:25.750 that they can make that ribbon glow 02:25.750 --> 02:27.673 and that they're there for one another. 02:30.530 --> 02:32.880 I think that the SAPR program here specifically 02:33.128 --> 02:36.760 is important because we're in a remote location, 02:36.760 --> 02:37.920 we can't leave base, 02:37.920 --> 02:40.633 there is no rape crisis center for people to go to. 02:41.741 --> 02:43.840 We're the office that anyone can come to 02:43.840 --> 02:46.873 and receive help is they've been sexually assaulted. 02:46.969 --> 02:49.886 (fingers snapping)