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mm hmm

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uh , comfortable .

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So my name is Angel gutierrez Macias .

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Most folks just call me Miss G . Mac .

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I am the cat brigade for the first

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armored division brigade victim

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advocate . I've been doing this

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position for almost 15 months now .

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Sexual assault awareness prevention

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month is important . So then that way

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we can attack some unhealthy behaviors

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that have occurred among star formation .

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And we just want to make sure that

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we're bringing awareness so that we can

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focus on the prevention aspect . So we

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don't have to get to the point where we

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have reports and that just means that

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we have soldiers that are taking care

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of each other , uh , taking care of

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civilians . And so sexual assault

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awareness prevention month is certainly

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something uh , to put out there because

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it means that we have these unhealthy

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behaviors in our formation . It's

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important to me because we understand

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that there's a mission at hand for our

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service members and uh , for me that I

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can help be a part of that to make sure

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that everybody's pretty much just

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taking care of each other . I have a

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family history of military from

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my grandfather to my father to my

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brother . Um , my , my son has drawing

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and my husband has , has been part of

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the service for two decades and just

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seeing the way that the army has

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operated when it comes to

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um , providing support . I just wanted

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to be a part of that . I wanted to be a

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part of that taking care of service

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members that represent protecting this

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country . I felt absolutely fortunate

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and blessed to be able to help service

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members . Um It's very near and dear to

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my heart to take care of the force that

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we have on hand . And it is something

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that I take very seriously and um it's

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more important because I work for an

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organization That truly wants to

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eliminate the behaviour . So there is

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100% support from the brigade

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leadership down to the company's

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leadership as well as uh soldiers

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trying to protect each other and help

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one another . So I'm just glad that I

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get to be a part of that . Someone can

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become a sharp representative once they

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meet the criteria of rank and

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background checks . Um But the most

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important thing is to have that empathy

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aspect . And so we are we are

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supporting folks at at a moment where

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they're facing trauma . And so it's

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very important that the people that are

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selected for the sharp positions to be

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sharp representatives um absolutely

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have that empathetic characteristic .

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Sharp resources can be found um in the

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brigade sharp office amongst their

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battalion collateral sharp reps as well

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as uh Mhm . Within agencies like a

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CS um We also have a garrison team that

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provides good um Sharp support . Uh

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there's a sapper dot mail website and

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that is a good website but for the most

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part every installation uh and every

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brigade facebook page they have the

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resources there for for sharp .

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Yeah