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Honor – Duty – RespectFOR TRAINING USE ONLY

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Leadership Point to Ponder

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AD/SA 3-2B:

DUI: A Powerful Lesson

Mark Sterner Follow Up

CAO: 11 Jan 14


BLUF

• Have a plan, to include a contract with someone that will stay sober

• Prevent lapses through personal responsibility – only drink responsibly (if of age)

• Know choices matter• Impacts Citadel career, post-graduation career• Impacts classmates, others, & Citadel reputation• Some consequences are permanent

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Selfish & Selfless Reasonsto Make the Right Call

NO COMPLACENCY


Objectives

• Review and explore, at a deeper level, key issues presented in Mark Sterner’s presentation, “DUI: A Powerful Lesson”

• Understand potential consequences of DUI

• Consider how cadets might reduce risk so such issues do not occur within the Corps

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“It’s all about watching out for others”--Mark Sterner


• Spring break• Mark Sterner with 3 buds• Lots o’ alcohol• DUI with fatalities• Families forever changed• Lifetime of remorse

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Wavetop Review


• Have we personally found ourselves in a situation like Mark Sterner, where we were simply lucky no one was hurt?

• Do we see risk of DUI at The Citadel?

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Straw Poll

Is “Luck” Enough?Can we afford to be complacent?


Quick Facts1

• Rate of drunk driving highest among 21 to 25 year olds (23.4 percent)

• Average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before first arrest

• On average, one in three people involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime

• Every day in America, another 28 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes

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1 Info from various organizations and studies and found at:www.madd.org/drunk-driving/about/drunk-driving-statistics.html#demo

What About Now…Is “Luck” Enough?Can we afford to be complacent?


One of Sterner’s messages is to have a plan that will ensure safety of you & your friends when you decide to go somewhere to drink•To prevent tragedy, it is essential to have a plan prior to leaving the barracks and consuming alcohol •The best plans include who, what, where, when and, most importantly, how (i.e., “how will my friends and I get home safely?”) AND…•A contingency plan (i.e., what do we do if we no longer have a ride home with friends, we no longer have a designated driver who is sober, etc.?)

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Scenario One--Reducing Risk--


• Have any of us ever driven when we were intoxicated or been in a car with an intoxicated driver?

• What kind of thinking led us or others to drive drunk or drive with someone who’s intoxicated?

• As a cadet, what would a good plan to prevent a DUI (and other bad behavior) look like?

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Create a recipe for successCreate a recipe for success


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• Make personal commitment

• Form a contract with Buddy or Wingman

• Designate a Driver• Use Citadel’s Safe Ride

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• Like Sterner, most people who drive while intoxicated rarely if ever consider consequences of driving drunk

• Impact of driving while intoxicated was profound for Mark Sterner (three deaths)

• Impact of DUI might be far less but still life-changing

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Scenario Two--Consequences--


• What are possible disciplinary consequences at The Citadel for a citation or arrest by the police for an alcohol-related incident like a DUI?

• What are the possible professional, post-graduation consequences?

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Scenario Two--Consequences-


• Mark Sterner said, “It’s (i.e., his story) all about watching out for others. If you can’t help them, find some someone who can”

• The Corps has always felt a duty to one another

• Obligation increases with level of responsibility – we gain a duty to watch out for everyone in our care

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Scenario Three--Leadership--


• As rising cadet leaders, how might we be a good role model for “responsible” alcohol use and choosing not to drink and drive?

• How might we work with cadet chain of command to change the campus culture where drinking and driving, even if it is drinking just a few drinks, is NO LONGER considered acceptable and common place?

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Practical Tips for Leaders--Role Model: Cadets Do What You Do--

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COMMUNICATE THE STANDARD CLEARLY BY OUR EXAMPLEDon’t drink in the barracksDon’t glamorize excessive drinkingCommend the DDs & those who make the right callStop underage drinking when you see it


• As rising cadet leaders, how might we be a good role model for “responsible” alcohol use and choosing not to drink and drive?

• How might we work with cadet chain of command to change the campus culture where drinking and driving, even if it is drinking just a few drinks, is NO LONGER considered acceptable and common place?

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Practical Tips for Leaders--Changing Culture--

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Create the right habits for ourselves• Personal, family, professional

Affirm others who have positive, disciplined habits

Care enough to work with those who have bad habits – give corrective feedback


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Practical Tips for Leaders--Changing Culture: Have Simple Co Rule (KISS)--

“Do not do or say anything you would not do or say in front of your mamma”

--Keller Kissam, ‘88

The One-Rule Model…That’s Simple


Key Takeaways

• Have a plan, to include a contract with someone that will stay sober

• Prevent lapses through personal responsibility – only drink responsibly (if of age)

• Know choices matter• Impacts Citadel career, post-graduation career• Impacts classmates, others, & Citadel reputation• Some consequences are permanent

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We have a dutyWe have a dutyTo ourselves & each otherTo ourselves & each other

NO COMPLACENCY


QUESTIONS

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MAKE THE RIGHT CALL…

AND HELP A CLASSMATE MAKE THE RIGHT CALL, TOO


Back Up Slides

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Policy Review--SC State Law--

The legal age for drinking alcohol is 21 years old

DUI is defined as operating a vehicle (boat, auto, bicycle, or motorcycle) while under the influence of alcohol

SC Law states that a person with a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) level over .08% is considered legally intoxicated.

Possible results for offenders? -- Fines, jail time, and loss of driver’s license -- Increase in insurance rates or eligibility for insurance dropped

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The Citadel Alcohol Policy (1)

• No alcohol consumption or possession on Citadel property• Barracks, campus, Hagood Stadium, College Park, Beach House--

REGARDLESS OF AGE

• Cadets 21 or older may drink off campus within the confines of the law, and are expected to behave with honor

• Cadets may receive dismissal from the college for the following offenses:

-alcohol use or possession on-campus, second offense

-alcohol use off-campus that discredits The Citadel

-DUI conviction

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The Citadel Alcohol Policy (2)

• Cadets may receive demerits, tours, and a mandated alcohol abuse evaluation at the Counseling Center for the following offenses:

-alcohol use or possession by a minor off-campus -open alcohol container off- or on-campus -alcohol related disturbance

• Cadets may receive demerits, tours, a mandated alcohol abuse evaluation at the Counseling Center, and a company transfer for:

-alcohol use or possession by a minor on-campus -three or more Alcohol I offenses during cadet career

-- MANDATORY CONDUCT REVIEW BOARD

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MAKE THE RIGHT CALL…AND HELP A CLASSMATE MAKE THE RIGHT CALL, TOO


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Practical Tips for Leaders--KISS Rule Set--

1. Have Mutual Support2. Trust Your Instincts3. Avoid Alcohol (it impairs judgment)

The Three Model…Still Pretty Simple


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Honor

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respect

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Practical Tips for Leaders--KISS Rule Set--

Be a leader…all the timeRULE 2

WINGMAN…CAVEMANRULE 3

“Values are the sine qua non (indispensable element) of leadership”

--Mr Stu Shea, Greater Issues Remarks, 10 Oct 2013

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