Sexual Harassment

Being in the Army challenges a person on multiple levels. People undergo many obstacles during their career in the Army, or military for that matter. While facing these challenges and obstacles, we are tasked as soldiers, seamen, airmen, and marines, to hold ourselves to a higher standard, to exceed the standard, to bear true faith to our country, the seven Army values, warrior ethos, warrior tasks and battle drills; in which myself as a soldier, have not. As a soldier, I failed to hold my weight as part of my duty to meet this standard. During Basic Combat Training, we were given multiple classes about the seven army values. Loyalty was the first army value we were taught, “Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the Army, your unit and other Soldiers. Bearing true faith and allegiance is a matter of believing in and devoting yourself to something or someone. A loyal Soldier is one who supports the leadership and stands up for fellow Soldiers. By wearing the uniform of the U.S. Army you are expressing your loyalty. And by doing your share, you show your loyalty to your unit.” Showing loyalty can be one of the most important things you can do as a soldier. If your unit cannot see or prove that you are loyal, there will be no trust in the unit, for the mission, or on a personal level. With this, I have broken my promise in staying loyal to myself, to my leadership, my unit, and the Army itself. Sexual harassment is one of the top things the Army does not stand for, nor will they tolerate it. Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors. In most modern legal contexts, sexual harassment is illegal. Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. In the Army, sexual harassment is one easy way to get chaptered out. Sexual harassment has many