Iranian Missile Test Disrupts Navy Sexual Assault Prevention Class
THE PERSIAN GULF - The Islamic Republic of Iran's annual missile drill "Great Prophet 9" culminated this year with the firing of 18 ballistic missiles into the Gulf of Oman. Duffel Blog has learned that the show of force coincided with the Aegis-equipped destroyer on station USS The Sullivans conducting quarterly Sexual Assault Program Response (SAPR) training in the vessel's Combat Information Center.
The SAPR representative was explaining the definition of a "quid quo pro" on a PowerPoint slide projected over the monitor intended for situation awareness at the time of launch detection.
"I noticing several large dots bloom on the radar scope," recounted Officer of the Deck Lt. Frank Piet to reporters, "So I turned on the 1MC and announced the launch of several Iranian missiles."
According to sources, the decision to hold the SAPR class in the critical war-fighting hub of the vessel was made by Bryan Kojeski, the Command Master Chief of The Sullivans, who reasoned it was the best locatio…
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