Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness Media Update for July 14-20, 2023

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July 21, 2023      

Please see below for the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness Media Update for July 14-20, 2023.

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Workplace and Gender Relations Survey
Starting Aug. 1, active, reserve and National Guard Soldiers can take the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey to share their experience with sexual harassment, sexual assault or gender discrimination in the military. Command Teams and SHARP professionals should encourage Soldiers to complete this important, voluntary survey and allow time during the duty day for them to do so. Results affect Army programs and policy. Visit DODsurveys.mil.

2023 Summer Strengthening Social Media Toolkit
The 2023 Summer Strengthening Social Media Toolkit is designed to help program managers, public affairs officers and other stakeholders lead local social media campaigns to strengthen resilience across the force. Campaign messages focus on preventing suicide and other harmful behaviors by sustaining strong connections and building new ones, addressing lethal-means safety and increasing awareness of alcohol risk factors. The toolkit also highlights the 5 Dimensions of Personal Readiness for enhancing resilience.  
Download this essential resource and help Soldiers stay resilient this summer. https://marcomcentral.app.pti.com/Ironmark/ARDMaterials

Connect With Us Through Social Media  
Stay informed by following and liking us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/armyresilience), Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/armyresilience), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/armyresilience) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-army-resilience-directorate/). Enhance prevention, build resilience and improve readiness as an Army member while keeping up to date on events, policies and program changes.  

Senior Leader Toolkit
This leadership toolkit will improve mission readiness by equipping military leaders with the knowledge, tools and workforce to reduce the risk of harmful behaviors. The toolkit provides resources and information to increase understanding of policy requirements and responsibilities of the integrated primary prevention workforce. To learn more, visit https://www.armyresilience.army.mil/ard/leader-resources.html.

Suicide Prevention Resources for Commanders 
Commanders and unit leaders can find suicide prevention resources on the DPRR website, including suicide prevention handbooks for leaders at all levels, Leaders Suicide Prevention Safe Messaging Guide, Defense Suicide Prevention Office Family Guide: Supporting Military Families in Crisis, public service announcements/videos, and postvention guides and toolkits for active and reserve units and leaders. To access these resources, visit https://www.armyresilience.army.mil/suicide-prevention/pages/LeaderResources.html.

ASAP and R2 Awareness Materials Are Available!
Register for a free Products on Demand account here: https://marcomcentral.app.pti.com/Ironmark/ARDmaterials.
Follow the New Users - Click Here to Register link and fill out and submit the form. The materials are free, and some are also available for digital download.

SHARP Resources for Commanders 
The DPRR website provides commanders with SHARP resources and information, including the SAPR toolkit, education and leader development, training, and links to sexual harassment, sexual assault and victim support resources from the DOD, government and nonprofit organizations. https://www.armyresilience.army.mil/sharp/pages/Resources-for-Commanders.html

Upcoming Event
July 26: July outreach webinar: Ethical Practices and Responsibilities in the Advocacy World, with Alejandro Palacios
Times: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET  
Registration is required.    
To register for the 11 a.m. webinar, visit: https://strategyconsultingteam.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_hyY9BChJS1
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To register for the 2 p.m. webinar, visit:   
https://strategyconsultingteam.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_3wMdrKahRI2I1lgr
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The stories quoted in the DPRR Media Update are provided for situational awareness. Statistics, data and quotes used by these media sources have not been checked for accuracy or approved/endorsed by the U.S. Army. Verify all information with official Army sources before quoting or citing.

ARTICLE: Quality of Life Panel Holds First Oversight Event
SYNOPSIS: The Quality-of-Life Panel will focus on issues that affect U.S. service members and their Families, including compensation, childcare, housing, support programs for spouses of service members, and health care. The panel will provide a written report to the Military Personnel subcommittee that will include proposals for the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
REPORTER: House Armed Services Committee
https://armedservices.house.gov/news/press-releases/quality-life-panel-holds-first-oversight-event

ARTICLE: Military Implements Brandon Act, Improves Mental Health Care Access
SYNOPSIS: Anyone who’s been in the military or knows someone who has understands how stressful it can be. That’s one reason the military continues to grapple with mental health issues and death by suicide within its ranks. Getting help has also been a struggle. Spectrum News anchor and national mental health correspondent Dr. Nicole Cross explores this issue and what’s being done to address it in this week’s “Your Mental Health” segment.
REPORTER: Nicole Cross, Spectrum News
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2023/07/14/military-
implements-brandon-act--improves-mental-health-care-access

ARTICLE: Defense Public Health Experts Investigate Whether Minority Group Service Members Are More Likely to Experience Behavioral Health Problems
SYNOPSIS: U.S. public health agencies such as the National Institute of Mental Health have recognized that certain minority groups appear to experience greater risk for certain behavioral health disorders. The higher rates of adverse health problems in minority groups are often referred to as disparities. Behavioral health, sometimes called mental health, includes medical conditions that affect a person’s well-being. Examples include substance-use disorder, anxiety disorders, mood disorders and suicidal ideation.
REPORTER: V. Hauschild, Army.mil
https://www.army.mil/article/268407/defense_public_health_experts_investigate_
whether_minority_group_service_members_are_more_likely_to_experience_behavioral
_health_problems

ARTICLE: Oahu-based Soldiers Inspire Next Generation During Youth Program’s Army Day
SYNOPSIS: A group of eager adolescents gathered with Oahu-based Soldiers and University of Hawaii staff and athletes at Fort DeRussy, home of the historic U.S. Army Museum, as part of the Hawaii Youth Impact Program’s Army Day events. The Army Day portion of the two-week program introduced participants to basic Army tasks, Army history and values, and other important topics, like suicide awareness and team building, through booths, activities and one-on-one engagements.
REPORTER: Staff Sgt. Jennifer Delaney, DVIDS
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/449282/oahu-based-soldiers-inspire-next-generation-
during-youth-programs-army-day

ARTICLE: 88th Readiness Division Hosts Army Reserve Ambassador Workshop
SYNOPSIS: At the annual Army Reserve Ambassador Workshop at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 88th Readiness Division Army Reserve ambassadors got an update from Maj. Gen. Matthew Baker, the division’s commanding general; spoke with Stephen Austin, assistant chief of Army Reserve; and discussed topics including recruiting challenges, Family programs and public-private partnerships.
REPORTER: Christopher Hanson, DVIDS
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/449473/88th-readiness-division-hosts-army-
reserve-ambassador-workshop

ARTICLE: 2d TSB Embedded MFLC: “I’m Here for You”
SYNOPSIS: Military life is unique, requiring Soldiers and their Families to deal with the stresses of regular changes of station, deployments and long separations, along with the challenges of daily living. The 2d Theater Signal Brigade leadership, recognizing that Soldiers and their Families sometimes need more than the assistance of friends and others in their network to get through a difficult stretch, has partnered with the USAG Wiesbaden’s Military and Family Life Counseling program to offer its members a dedicated military and family life counselor.
REPORTER: Candy C Knight, DVIDS
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/449599/2d-tsb-embedded-mflc-im-here-you

ARTICLE: Lawmakers Want to Limit Chinese Business in Military Quality of Life
SYNOPSIS: Lawmakers’ concerns about doing business with China could affect some quality-of-life programs in the military community if proposed amendments in next year’s defense bill become law.
REPORTER: Karen Jowers, Military Times
https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2023/07/19/lawmakers-want-to
-limit-chinese-business-in-military-quality-of-life