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☷12th CAB Soldiers team up in SHARP themed escape room
U.S. Army ( By Press Release office)
May 03,2022
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A Soldier assigned to 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , attempts to solve a clue during a SHARP themed escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in an "escape room" to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) Several items used as part of a SHARP - themed escape room lay together on a desk following an escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in an "escape room" to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) A Soldier assigned to 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , pieces together a puzzle in hopes of finding a vital clue during a SHARP - themed escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in the form of an “escape room” to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) A group of five Soldiers assigned to 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , work together as a team to solve clues and puzzles during a SHARP - themed escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in the form of an “escape room” to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) Two Soldiers assigned to 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , work together to solve clues and puzzles during a SHARP - themed escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in the form of an “escape room” to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) Two Soldiers assigned to 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , shine a black light on a puzzle piece in an attempt to successfully reveal a clue during a SHARP - themed escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in the form of an “escape room” to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) A Soldier assigned to 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , works to decipher a mystery message as more clues come together during a SHARP - themed escape room at Clay Caserne , Germany , April 28 , 2022 . The 12th CAB SHARP team brought in a unique tool in the form of an “escape room” to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and physical while learning important SAAPM ( Sexual Awareness and Prevention Month ) material . 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps , America ' s Forward Deployed Corps in Europe that works alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat - ready forces , execute joint and multinational training exercises , and retains command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater . ( U . S . Army photo by Staff Sgt . Thomas Mort ) CLAY KASERNE , Germany – Roughly 50 Soldiers from 1 - 214th General Support Aviation Battalion , 12th Combat Aviation Brigade , gathered over three days , in one hour sessions to work through a SHARP themed escape room , in order to gain awareness during Sexual Assault Prevention Month ( SAAPM ) at Clay Kaserne , Germany , from April 26 - 28 , 2022 . "We wanted to bring awareness to SAAPM , every year we try to do something to bring awareness , but I wanted to change it up this year and make it a little bit more exciting for people and get people to think about what SAAPM really means and how it affects them and the people around them , " explains Sgt . 1st Class Naomi Smith , the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator ( SRC ) for 12th Combat Aviation Brigade . To change things up , Smith and Tawinka Sloan , the Victim Advocate for 12 CAB , brought in a unique tool in an "escape room" to allow Soldiers to be more hands - on and more physical . An escape room is when a team of individuals discovers clues , solves puzzles , and accomplishes tasks in one or more spaces to accomplish a set goal within a limited time . "So that ' s why we came up with this particular escape room , there ' s a TSP ( Training Support Package ) from the SHARP Academy , and we just took it and ran with it , " explains Smith . "With prevention in mind , the Army is making a big shift to help integrate prevention , and hopefully , we can learn ways to stop things before it happens . " This particular escape room is based on a scenario where there is an inappropriate Staff Sgt . who belittles , sends out memes , and makes dirty jokes to fellow Soldiers . For each session , five Soldiers were put into a room with a time limit of 60 minutes to escape or prevent the assault carried out by the Staff Sgt . "We ' re actually able to get in there and be a team to figure it out instead of just watching a PowerPoint presentation . It ' s a good change of pace , " said Sgt . Diego Alcantara , a crew chief assigned to Delta Company , 1 - 214th , when asked about learning SHARP with the escape room as compared to previous learning environments . "Going through the escape room relaxes them , " said Sloan . "Even though it ' s an escape room , it ' s SHARP related , like the one clue was verbal and denim day was [the clue] for the one lock , the puzzle pieces , different things still relate to SHARP . " A couple of examples of clues and puzzles to solve: find an indication on the calendar , 427 , which is the clue to one of the locks and the "hear no evil , see no evil , speak no evil" monkeys . Soldiers had to use a black light found in one of the boxes to light up the words "verbal , nonverbal , physical contact , below the monkey pictures . SAAPM training remains vital to the Soldiers and the Army as a whole . "SAAPM events are to reinforce everything that we constantly reiterate all year , " said Sloan . "It ' s just something that we don ' t need to forget . " Contact the Wiesbaden SHARP office at ( 0162 ) 296 - 6741 or DSN 53 - SHARP ( 74277 ) 24 hours a day . For information on reporting options , go to https://www . preventsexualassault . army . mil/ .
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