{"id":27246,"date":"2021-12-30T18:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T18:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=27246"},"modified":"2021-12-30T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T18:53:27","slug":"cid-sharp-military-justice-reforms-all-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/30\/cid-sharp-military-justice-reforms-all-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"CID, SHARP, military justice reforms all underway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How the Army prevents, investigates and prosecutes crimes \u2014 especially sexual assaults \u2014 will begin to change dramatically in 2022.<\/p>\n

The service\u2019s Sexual Harassment\/Assault Response and Prevention program, which was highlighted as structurally flawed in the report by the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee, is undergoing a comprehensive redesign effort.<\/p>\n

While much of the reform effort is yet to be public, the Army will begin a SHARP \u201cfusion directorate\u201d pilot in March<\/a> that will synchronize and centralize victim services, investigators and prosecutors to improve victim care.<\/p>\n

The Army\u2019s top officer, Gen. James McConville, told Army Times in October that the fusion directorate is just the beginning.<\/p>\n

\u201c[What] we\u2019re really trying to do is move over here and get after prevention so we have a lot [fewer] incidences to respond to,\u201d McConville explained. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to get to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Army officials have indicated that more changes to SHARP will come in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so much more work that there is to be done,\u201d one soldier explained in October. \u201c[The fusion directorates are] the tip of the iceberg, and a small drop in the ocean of the SHARP redesign effort that is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the service\u2019s Criminal Investigation Division, the reforms are coming into play from the top down. CID\u2019s new civilian director, Gregory Ford, came over from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to transform the agency.<\/p>\n

A major part of that reform will involve transitioning CID<\/a> to a 60% civilian, 40% military workforce, a step away from the service\u2019s tradition of uniformed criminal investigators. The rebalancing is expected to be complete by 2027.<\/p>\n

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Other aspects of CID\u2019s redesign \u2014 such as how it will structure its offices \u2014 will likely become more clear in 2022, as will the technical aspects of programs aiming to transition military special agents to careers as Army civilian agents.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s still not yet certain, though, what Uniform Code of Military Justice prosecutions will look like in 2022 and beyond.<\/p>\n

Congress took action on the issue after years of advocacy from legislators, as well as the recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, passed by Congress on Dec. 15, removes prosecutions of rape, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter and kidnapping from the military chain of command. Instead, the Defense Department will create an independent prosecutorial office to handle those offenses.<\/p>\n

Some long-time advocates of more sweeping military justice reform, such as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., argue that the NDAA\u2019s reforms don\u2019t go far enough. Gillibrand had previously advocated for all serious crimes to be removed from the chain of command, not just those specified in the NDAA\u2019s compromise measure.<\/p>\n

Regardless, McConville said ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army conference<\/a> in October, the Army is ready to \u201caccomplish any type of directives that we\u2019re given.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Davis Winkie is a staff reporter covering the Army. He originally joined Military Times as a reporting intern in 2020. Before journalism, Davis worked as a military historian. He is also a human resources officer in the Army National Guard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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