1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,660 this happened when I first joined up 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,040 about eight years ago . My roommate 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,096 actually came to me and said she was 4 00:00:07,096 --> 00:00:09,207 sexually assaulted . I was like , you 5 00:00:09,207 --> 00:00:11,318 should report that you shouldn't feel 6 00:00:11,318 --> 00:00:13,318 like you can't we see time and time 7 00:00:13,318 --> 00:00:15,373 again that we have the same training 8 00:00:15,373 --> 00:00:17,651 and it's it's really not changing much . 9 00:00:17,651 --> 00:00:17,060 Like the numbers are still going up . I 10 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:19,227 don't know if they're going up because 11 00:00:19,227 --> 00:00:21,449 more people are willing to come forward 12 00:00:21,449 --> 00:00:21,010 or if they're going up because it's 13 00:00:21,010 --> 00:00:23,066 just not working , but we need to be 14 00:00:23,066 --> 00:00:24,843 able to find something that can 15 00:00:24,843 --> 00:00:26,899 actually change what's happening . I 16 00:00:26,899 --> 00:00:29,160 have , I have four girls and a son . 17 00:00:29,940 --> 00:00:33,900 Yeah , like , okay , the issue with , 18 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,300 you know , the Sharp program is a lot 19 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:39,500 of the victims are women and so I think 20 00:00:39,510 --> 00:00:42,110 we need to find a new way to solve , 21 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,398 solve what's going on with the program . 22 00:00:44,398 --> 00:00:48,000 And I think that um , the traditional , 23 00:00:48,010 --> 00:00:50,010 you know , web based training , the 24 00:00:50,010 --> 00:00:52,121 traditional power point presentations 25 00:00:52,121 --> 00:00:54,177 are are not as effective as we think 26 00:00:54,177 --> 00:00:56,800 they should be . Virtual reality could 27 00:00:56,810 --> 00:00:59,032 be effective . So I've been doing a lot 28 00:00:59,032 --> 00:01:01,430 of research and I've found that it's 29 00:01:01,430 --> 00:01:04,820 very effective in veteran PTSD , we 30 00:01:04,820 --> 00:01:06,876 have , you know , medics that use it 31 00:01:06,876 --> 00:01:08,987 for like combat training to give them 32 00:01:08,987 --> 00:01:11,042 that simulation of being in a combat 33 00:01:11,042 --> 00:01:13,042 environment . And I think we can we 34 00:01:13,042 --> 00:01:15,209 could use that in the sharp program as 35 00:01:15,209 --> 00:01:17,376 well . Majority of people learn from , 36 00:01:17,376 --> 00:01:19,376 from doing , from seeing from being 37 00:01:19,376 --> 00:01:21,598 able to like be there and that's that's 38 00:01:21,598 --> 00:01:23,820 the most important thing is making sure 39 00:01:23,820 --> 00:01:23,520 that our soldiers understand and are 40 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,690 able to learn from the experience that 41 00:01:25,690 --> 00:01:27,523 we can give them through virtual 42 00:01:27,523 --> 00:01:29,634 reality . I think honestly the reward 43 00:01:29,634 --> 00:01:31,912 be just having the ideal put out there , 44 00:01:31,912 --> 00:01:33,968 whether it's chosen or not , even if 45 00:01:33,968 --> 00:01:36,023 it's not chosen like anytime soon or 46 00:01:36,023 --> 00:01:38,246 anything , if we can eventually make it 47 00:01:38,246 --> 00:01:40,468 where the program gets better . I think 48 00:01:40,468 --> 00:01:42,412 that's the honestly the end go . I 49 00:01:42,412 --> 00:01:44,523 think we do need to fix the program , 50 00:01:44,523 --> 00:01:46,523 make it better . It can be better . 51 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:47,240 Yeah .