{"id":106488,"date":"2020-10-23T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106488"},"modified":"2020-10-22T22:30:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T02:30:30","slug":"misawa-airman-takes-issues-to-instagram-gets-high-ranking-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106488","title":{"rendered":"Misawa airman takes issues to Instagram, gets high ranking attention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A1C Sarah Figueroa – Self portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ninja sent along this story. Even after looking at the case a bit I think there is\u00a0a lot\u00a0<\/em>missing from this.<\/p>\n

An Airman First Class stationed at Misawa Air Base, Japan has taken her complaints of sexual harassment and retaliation public on Instagram. In the October 14 post she is wearing her uniform and tagged President Trump, Sen Rubio (R-FL), and several media outlets. She must have done the right tagging because it caught the eye of the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.<\/p>\n

Her post said (I apologize for formatting, it’s a quote);<\/p>\n

My name is Sarah Figueroa and i am a victim of sexual harassment in the air force. I am stationed in Misawa and i was sexually harassed by a coworker. Since i reported this, i\u2019ve faced retaliation in ways you wouldn\u2019t believe. The retaliation has even reached a point of \u201cmistakes\u201d being made for my career development. Last week, i was followed by the airman who sexually harassed and i feared for my life. I thought i was going to die and i prayed over and over again while i was driving. I was able to report this to the military police and my chain of command was notified. I met with my commander this morning and he was the most unprofessional person, he made it obvious this was not important by coming to the meeting 30mins late and defending the guy who sexually harassed me. There is a conflict of interest in this situation, this commander works with that airman. He claims it was just a coincidence that i was followed \u201cbecause it\u2019s such a small base\u201d. He denied and made excuses for everything i said about the guy who sexually harassed me. My commander literally told me not even to my face as i was saying that i am scared for my life (while on a call with my family) that there is nothing left to do. This man is the most heartless person i have ever met, my family was in tears begging him to help me and all he did was defend the guy. I have tried to reach for help from higher positions outside of my base but the decision to leave ultimately rests on my commander. If you can, please spread this to your platforms. If you know any reporters from any state, it doesn\u2019t even matter if they\u2019re not from florida, please DM me or tag them in this post. God forbid, i will not wait until something happens to me, for me to go missing, for me to be threatened and even further retaliated against for them to help me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I dug through her other Instagram post and my NCO-sense got tickled by this little bit in another of her lengthy posts;<\/p>\n

even now that this is getting some attention and i went before the vice commander of my base, no promises can be made. no one can tell me for sure what will happen. there\u2019s only the chance that maybe they\u2019ll \u201cbelieve\u201d my story. maybe this will look wrong enough for them to let me move to my husband\u2019s base. maybe they\u2019ll consider letting me go on EMERGENCY leave to visit my family that i haven\u2019t seen in OVER A YEAR<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It sounds to me like she’s a young woman, far from home, on an unaccompanied tour overseas and wants to go home. As to her complaints of sexual harassment, she gives few details. The post quoted first above says he followed her as she drove on base. Another post says that he parked next to her at a shoppette.<\/p>\n

We are obviously not in a position to get the whole story. It sounds like her chain of command has investigated it and found it unfounded. As she says, “my acting commander told me. ‘nothing is happening to you, there\u2019s nothing to do, this isn\u2019t serious enough for an expedited transfer, it\u2019s a small base and it\u2019s a coincidence that he was behind you, your life is not in danger’\u201d. I’m sure with such high ranking eyes now brought to bear there will be additional investigations.<\/p>\n

If she’s being harassed and her chain has failed her, I hope to God that they all fall for their inaction. There is no place for sexual harassment in the military. We’re all one team and need to be able to trust our fellow troops. If we get any additional information, we’ll be sure to share it.<\/p>\n

Source; Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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