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Bagram Airfield: SARC Information

455 AEW Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC)

Mission: Reinforce the 455 Air Expeditionary Wing's commitment to eliminate sexual assaults through awareness and prevention education, confidential reporting, sensitive response, victim advocacy, and overall accountability.
  • Executes the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program in Afghanistan.
  • Provides a victim support system capable of responding to all reported sexual assaults, 24 hours a day-7 days a week.
  • Installation's single point of contact for integrating and coordinating sexual assault victim care services from initial report through disposition and resolution of issues related to the victim's health and well-being.
  • Assists commanders at all levels as necessary to ensure victims of sexual assault receive the appropriate responsive care.
  • Provides education, training, and awareness to all USAF personnel transitioning through Bagram Airfield and the overall base populace in an effort to prevent sexual assaults.
For information, please contact the SARC at DSN 447-6272; For an emergency, please use either DSN: 318-481-SARC (7272), thru Command Post: 318-447-6300; Roshan cell: 079-872-5042, or email 455aew.sarc@bgab.afcent.af.mil.

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Sexual Assault Reporting

Sexual Assault Reporting

The Air Force has instituted avenues for reporting sexual assault in the form of Restricted and Unrestricted Reporting.

Restricted Reporting allows sexual assault victims to confidentially disclose the assault to specified individuals (i.e., SARC, SAPR VA, Chaplains or healthcare personnel), and receive medical treatment, including emergency care, counseling, and assignment of a SARC and SAPR VA, without triggering an investigation. It is intended to give the victim (survivor) time and control over the release of their information. Further, it also empowers the survivor to make an informed decision about participating in the criminal process.

Restricted Reporting is available for:
- All Service members and their Dependents over the age of 18

Unrestricted Reporting is any report of sexual assault made through normal reporting channels (for example: reports to chain of command, security forces, and/or Air Force Office of Investigation). This reporting option triggers an investigation, command notification, and allows a person who has been sexually assaulted to access medical treatment and counseling.

Unrestricted Reporting is available for:
- All Service members and their Dependents over the age of 18
- DoD Civilians and their Dependents over the age of 18 (MTF access and/or serving in an OS location)
- Contractors (if supporting in a contingency location outside the continental United States)

Independent Reporting is an assault reported by someone other than the victim.

SAPR Links

Sexual Assault Defined

Sexual Assault is criminal conduct that falls well short of the standards America expects of its men and women in uniform and is a violation of our Air Force Core Values.

Sexual Assault is defined as intentional sexual contact characterized by use of force, threats, intimidation, or abuse of authority or when the victim does not or cannot consent. The term includes a broad category of sexual offenses consisting of the following specific UCMJ offenses: rape, sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact, abusive sexual contact, forcible sodomy (forced oral or anal sex), or attempts to commit these offenses.

Consent is words or overt acts indicating a freely given agreement to the sexual conduct at issue by a competent person. An expression of lack of consent through words or conduct means there is no consent. Lack of verbal or physical resistance or submission resulting from the accused's use of force, threat of force, or placing another person in fear does not constitute consent. A current or previous dating relationship or the manner of dress of the person involved with the accused in the sexual conduct at issue shall not constitute consent. There is no consent where the person is sleeping or incapacitated, such as due to age, alcohol or drugs, or mental incapacity.