Vandenberg conducts bystander intervention training

The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office here is currently fulfilling an Air Force training requirement by conducting the United States Air Force Sexual Assault Bystander Intervention Training Course to all required base personnel.

Bystander intervention training is a requirement that must be completed by June 2012 by all Air Force active-duty personnel, Guard and Reserve members, and civilians who supervise Air Force military personnel.

The 90-minute, gender-specific training is a strategy that motivates and mobilizes people who may see, hear or otherwise recognize signs of an inappropriate or unsafe situations in order to intervene and prevent sexual assaults from occurring.
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