Understand these conditions and work to control them.
Assessment tools include but are not limited to command climate surveys, and Defense Equal Opportunity Organizational Climate Surveys (DEOCS). The DEOCS is a DoD command management tool offered annually or within 120 days of taking command. See Army Directive 2013-29 for mandatory command assessments.
Elements of prevention include leadership involvement, peer to peer mentorship, education and training, accountability, organizational support, community involvement, deterrence, and communication. Prevention begins with leadership and your command climate, fostering a culture of mutual respect and responsibility. Every incident of sexual assault, sexual harassment and retaliation degrades mission readiness, and the command’s handling of each unrestricted allegation will be seen and evaluated by all.
C. Retaliation
Commanders at all levels must work to prevent professional and social retaliation
against crime victims, those who report crimes, witnesses and victim advocates while hold-
ing offenders accountable.
Staff Judge Advocates, Brigade Judge Advocates, Trial Counselor Special Victim Prosecutors will assist commanders in identifying and investigating retaliation, and holding offenders appropriately accountable. Commanders will incorporate unit-level SHARP annual training,
MEO training and training on the prevention of hazing, bullying, retaliation and reprisal into the overall training plan for the unit. See Improving the Effectiveness of Essential and Important Army Programs Army Directive Reprisal is a form of professional retaliation, which is an important training subject because command actions can be the subject of reprisal complaints, and investigated as a crime under Retaliation Article 132, UCMJ. Article 132 defines reprisal as any personnel action taken or withheld, with the intent to retaliate against any person for reporting or planning tore- port a criminal offense. This could include imposing an unfavorable personnel action, or withholding a favorable personnel action from a victim or someone who reported a crime because
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