Policy 33 - Hazing and Bullying.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

HUMINT TRAINING - JOINT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

821 IRWIN STREET, MATLACK HALL (BUILDING 80122)

FORT HUACHUCA, AZ 85613-7000

REPLY TO

ATTENTION OF

ATZS-HT 22 March 2016

MEMORANDUM FOR HT-JCOE, ALL

SUBJECT: Policy 33 – Hazing and Bullying

1. REFERENCES.

a. Uniform Code of Military Justice.

b. FH Regulation 600-50, Standards of Conduct, 2 January 2003.

c. SECNAVINST 1610.2A, Hazing, 15 July 2005.

d. SECDEF Message, Standards of Conduct, 23 December 2011.

e. MCO 1700.28A, Hazing, 1 February 2012.

f. AFI 1-1, Standards of Conduct, 12 August 2012.

g. AR 600-20, Army Command Policy, 6 November 2014.

h. HT-JCOE Policy – 7, Serious Incident Reporting, 25 January 2016.

2. APPLICABILITY. This policy applies to all military personnel assigned, attached, or attending courses at HT-JCOE.

3. POLICY. Hazing and bullying are in direct contradiction of Department of Defense policies and values. Hazing detracts from the professionalism and trust between the trainers and the trainee, thus destroying the training focus of this institution. Neither hazing nor bullying will be tolerated at the Human Intelligence Training – Joint Center of Excellence (HT-JCOE). For military Servicemembers, hazing and bullying are offenses punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); furthermore, hazing and bullying may be inappropriate or violate relevant civilian personnel guidance.

Complaints of alleged hazing and bullying will be protected from reprisals.

a. Hazing is defined as any conduct whereby a Servicemember regardless of service, rank or position, and without proper authority that causes another to suffer or be exposed to any activity which is cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning, or harmful. Soliciting or coercing another to perpetrate any such activity is also considered hazing. Hazing need not involve physical contact; it can be verbal, or

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psychological in nature. Hazing does not have to take place in the presence of the victim, it can be phone calls, messages, text messages, or any other electronic or virtual means of communication. Actual or implied consent to acts of hazing does not eliminate the culpability of the perpetrator.

(1) This definition includes, but is not limited to, playing abusive tricks, threatening or offering violence or bodily harm to another, striking, branding, tattooing, any forced or coerced consumption of alcohol, drug, or tobacco product, or causing the harmful, excessive, or abusive consumption of food, or any other substance. Hazing is usually a single event with a defined end point.

(2) Hazing does not include command authorized mission or operational activities, the requisite training to prepare for such missions or operations, administrative corrective training or measures, extra military instruction, physical training, lawful punishment imposed pursuant to the UCMJ, and other similar activities that the commander authorizes.

b. Bullying is defined as any conduct whereby a Servicemember regardless of service, rank or position, that intends to exclude or reject another Servicemember through cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive, demeaning, or harmful behavior, which results in diminishing the other Servicemember’s dignity, position, or status. Bullying may include an abuse of authority. Bullying is not limited to the afore mentioned being conducted in person, but extends to be phone calls, messages, text messages, or any other electronic or virtual means of communication.

(1) Bullying includes, but is not limited to excessive corrective measures that, like hazing, involve the infliction of physical or psychological pain and go beyond what is required for authorized corrective training. Bullying may occur in all settings, but most often takes the form of punishment for perceived performance deficiencies. Bullying is ongoing with no defined end point.

(2) Bullying does not include command authorized mission or operational activities, the requisite training to prepare for such missions or operations, administrative corrective training or measures, extra military instruction, physical training, lawful punishment imposed pursuant to the UCMJ, and other similar activities that the commander authorizes.

4. PROCEDURES.

a. If a hazing, bullying, or alleged incident of hazing or bullying occurs, Staff and Course Leadership will notify the Commander and/or the Senior Enlisted Advisor (SEA) in accordance with (IAW) HT-JCOE Policy 7 – Serious Incident Reporting (SIR) paragraph 3, Procedures, and the Commander’s Critical Information Requirement

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(CCIR). Staff and Course Leadership will report any hazing incident with submission of an Operations Report (OPREP) IAW Policy 7.

b. The J3, Operations Office will provide a copy of the OPREP to the parent Command and Service Representative of any involved students. Reporting for all non- Army permanent employees will be submitted to the appropriate service agency.

c. All complaints of hazing and bullying will be investigated (per reference g, section 4-19, para 4c(4)). Complaints involving criminal activity will be reported to the appropriate law enforcement authorities

d. The HT-JCOE Equal Opportunity Leader (EOL) will coordinate with the Equal Opportunity Office to ensure all hazing and bullying complaints are tracked in the Equal Opportunity Reporting System (EORS), regardless of the type of investigation.

5. This policy supersedes Policy 33 – Hazing, dated 4 June 2013.

6. PROPONENT. HT-JCOE J3, Operations Office at 538-6679.

3/25/2016

X Travis A. Phillips

Signed by: PHILLIPS.TRAVIS.ALLEN.1156987634

TRAVIS A. PHILLIPS

COL, US Army Commanding