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Old 08-23-2017, 18:08   #7
sfshooter
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I was in a Reserve Drill Sergeant unit when I first joined up. Our unit was at Ft. Jackson one summer (this was before I became a DS) and we had female trainees. They were in their own Company. The incident of accusations from the females was quite high concerning sex assault. Rumor had it that 3 DS's had already been busted. We were told by our command we would be guilty until proven innocent. That's typical for the military of course. It was pretty much a rule that you didn't ever be around them while alone and they usually always had to have a battle buddy with them.
I had Staff Duty one night and got called to take a sick female to the hospital. I was quite paranoid as I was alone although she had a battle buddy. We got to the hospital and I went to open the door to go in as she was quite sick. She collapsed right then to the ground. I could have easily caught her but actually stepped back as I didn't want any physical contact whatsoever. These trainees realize what power they have and they use it. They were not afraid to flirt openly either.
When you know you are going to be treated as guilty as soon as an accusation is made it sure makes you watch out extra careful. There were no incidents while my unit was there.
There were lots of stories of false accusation as it does get the DS in trouble immediately.
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