Regional Victim and Witness Assistance Program

MISSION

The Marine Corps executes a professional Victim and Witness Assistance Program in order to reduce the trauma, frustration and inconvenience experienced by victims and witnesses of crime; inform victims of their statutory rights; and, assist victim and witness understanding of the military justice process. See MCO 5800.16.

VICTIMS' RIGHTS

(1) To be treated with fairness and respect for the victim's dignity and privacy.
(2) To be reasonably protected from the accused.
(3) To be notified of any decision to dispose of an allege offense at court-martial, NJP or ADSEP proceedings.
(4) To be present at all public court-martial, NJP, and ADSEP proceedings, unless the court or legal advisor, after receiving clear and convincing evidence, determines that testimony by the victim would be materially affected if the victim heard other testimony at the proceeding.  This right does not obligate the government to pay for expenses incurred by the victim to be present.
(5) To be reasonably heard at any public proceeding involving release, plea, sentencing, or parole of the accused.  This right does not obligate the government to pay for expenses incurred by the victim to be present. 
(6) To confer with the attorney for the Government in the case. 
(7) To receive information about the conviction, sentence, confinement, and release of the accused. 
(8) To be notified of the apprehension of an accused, the initial appearance of an accused before a military judge, the release of the accused pending court-martial, any escape of the accuse, and the time and location of any trial, NJP, or ADSEP proceedings (including entry of guilty pleas and sentencing).
(9) To proceeding free from unreasonable delay.
(10) To receive available restitution.

U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Tyler Brummond is the Regional Victim and Witness Liaison Officer (RVWLO). The Installation Victim and Witness Liaison Officer (IVWLO) for MCB Camp Lejeune is Ms. Holly Hale. The IVWLO acts as the Commanding Officer, MCIEAST and MCB Camp Lejeune’s manager for the VWAP Program aboard the installation, respectively. In that capacity, the IVWLO chairs the VWAP Council, manages and maintains a list of all unit Victim Witness Assistance Coordinators and other base Victim Witness Service Providers, provides liaison with local civilian services for victims of crime, tracks all services provided and is the central point-of-contact for the base program.

Pursuant to Marine Corps Directives, each office or agency which provides services to victims and witnesses (see list below) appoints a Victim Witness Assistance Representative and each unit (Battalion and Squadron level and above) appoints a Victim Witness Assistance Coordinator (VWAC).  The VWAC and other representatives are responsible for that unit or office’s part of the base VWAP.

LtCol Brummond can be contacted via email at tyler.brummond@usmc.mil.

Ms. Hale can be contacted via email at holly.hale@usmc.mil.

Victim and Witness Assistance Program (VWAP)

MCB Camp Lejeune’s Victim and Witness Assistance Program (VWAP) is designed to ensure victims and witnesses of crime are treated with fairness and dignity and are afforded their rights throughout the criminal justice process – from the first report of a crime through any period of confinement adjudged by a court-martial.

The Marine Corps VWAP instruction is MCO 5800.16.

Base Services for Victims and Witnesses

Non-Emergency Numbers

Local Criminal Justice Services

Local Victim Assistance Services