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17 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
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With advisement from experts, we've selected these seven Soldiers to present their ideas to improve the Army's SHARP program and end sex assault / sexual harassment.

The presentations are part of Dragon's Lair, Episode 3, next Monday.
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These seven Soldiers will present to Lt General Kurilla and Command Sergeant Major Holland plus a separate panel of leaders.

This separate panel is representative of the diversity across our Army and is not tied to the innovation portion of Dragon's Lair, Episode 3.
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Since opening DL3 to this command-driven focus on Feb 8th, we've received 40 submissions! You can read all 40 here: innovatedefense.net/xviii-airborne…. The ingenuity and scope of change in here are inspiring.

The Corps will implement some element from almost all of these ideas.
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This initiative is not over!

The website remains open for submission.

Lt. General Kurilla continues to read all submissions that come in with an eye for concepts we can implement across the corps and submit to the Army.

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Not sure we've mentioned this, but on Monday, February 22nd, we'll premiere Dragon's Lair, Episode 3.

This will be the biggest, wildest, most innovative Dragon's Lair to date.
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As usual, Soldier Innovators [this time six] will present their ideas to our panel of experts.

What's different this time: in addition to these six innovations, we will add a command-driven focus specific to the plague of sexual assault and sexual harassment.
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We're looking for Soldiers to submit their ideas to improve or refashion the Army's SHARP program, to resolve the scourge of sexual assault and sexual harassment across the force. We've built a microsite for those submissions.

innovatedefense.net/xviii-airborne…
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