Step up, Step in: Team Mildenhall leaders pledge support

David Spencer, center, 100th Air Refueling Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response coordinator, leads Team Mildenhall leaders in signing a banner April 2, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Signing the banner is one way Team Mildenhall members can to show their support for stopping sexual assault. As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, there will be a SAPR down day on April 18. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)

Step up, Step in: Team Mildenhall leaders pledge support

A banner awaits signatures April 2, 2014, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Various Team Mildenhall leaders signed the banner to show their support for stopping sexual assault. The banner will travel around base so personnel across Team Mildenhall can participate in this Sexual Assault Awareness Month activity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Gina Randall/Released)

Stepping Up, Stepping In: Team Mildenhall vows to eradicate sexual assault

Published April 3, 2014
By Staff Reports
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

To begin the base's SAAM campaign, Team Mildenhall victim advocates and members of the base's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office gathered with Col. Kenneth T. Bibb Jr., 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, March 28, 2014, for a ceremonial tree planting. During this gathering, the attendees reaffirmed their pledge to aid sexual assault survivors.

Throughout April, the SAPR office is planning to hold a number of events that will highlight awareness of this issue as well as offer advice and tools on how to Step Up, Step In.

One of these events includes a traveling banner, which will make its way around base for people to sign. Their signatures will serve as a visual commitment to stamp out sexual assault and send a message to sexual predators that their actions will not be tolerated.

Informational tables will also be on display in various locations and days throughout the month for anyone interested in learning more about sexual assault prevention and response.

RAF Mildenhall's SAPR down day is scheduled for April 18. The base will stand down its normal operations this day in order to train, which will include having discussions on topics varying from how to identify a potential offender to how to respond if a person tells you he/she is a victim of sexual assault.

For more information about SAAM, contact the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office at DSN: 238-7272 (SARC) or commercial at 01638-547272.