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MSGID/GENADMIN/PERS-661//
 
SUBJ/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS MONTH-OCTOBER 2000//
 
RMKS/1.  OCTOBER IS DESIGNATED AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
AWARENESS MONTH.  THIS YEAR'S THEME IS, "THERE IS NO ROOM FOR
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE NAVY FAMILY."  EDUCATION AND INCREASED
AWARENESS REGARDING THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON INDIVIDUALS,
FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES ARE THE KEYS TO DECREASING ITS PREVALENCE.
 
2.  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NAVY READINESS AND
RETENTION AND IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH NAVY CORE VALUES.  IT IS ALSO
CYCLICAL IN NATURE.  EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, EITHER DIRECTLY OR
THROUGH WITNESSING VIOLENCE BETWEEN CARETAKERS, IS THE MOST COMMON
RISK FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH PERPETRATING VIOLENCE IN ADULTHOOD.  THE
NAVY'S PREVENTION EFFORTS INCLUDE:  COMMAND EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PROGRAMS; LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAMS; INDIVIDUAL, COUPLES,
FAMILY AND GROUP COUNSELING THROUGH FAMILY SERVICE CENTERS; RETURN
AND REUNION PROGRAMS; AND THE NEW PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM.
 
3.  NAVY IS COMMITTED TO PUTTING AN END TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY
PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AT ALL LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE
MILITARY COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PROVIDING INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT
SUPPORT, VICTIM SERVICES AND REFERRAL, AND PROGRAMS TARGETED TO
CHANGING ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR; VIA THE FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM.  THE
CHALLENGE IS FOR EVERYONE TO BECOME INVOLVED AND MAKE IT OUR DUTY TO
STOP THE VIOLENCE.
 
4.  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT A PRIVATE MATTER.  IN 1999, THERE WERE
2,242 SUBSTANTIATED SPOUSE ABUSE INCIDENTS IN NAVY.  OVER 85 PERCENT
OF THOSE INCIDENTS INCLUDED SOME TYPE OF PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE
BEHAVIOR.  IT WILL TAKE PARTICIPATION FROM ALL HANDS TO PUT AN END
TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NAVY.  IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN
INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FAMILY
ADVOCACY PROGRAM OR CIVILIAN/MILITARY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.  THE
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE NUMBER IS 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MILITARY'S RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP:MFRC.CALIB.COM.
 
5.  POC IS JENA WATHEN, SPOUSE ABUSE CONSULTANT NAVPERSCOM
(PERS-661), AT (901) 874-4360/DSN 882.
 
6.  RELEASED BY MATTHEW G. HENRY, N1 (ACTING).//
 
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