Some branches of the military have already begun to address
these issues. The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center
created the Sexual Health and Responsibility Program (SHARP) in
1999 to help reduce the occurrence of sexually transmitted
infections and unplanned pregnancies. "Policies and programs,
like SHARP, have been put in place to help minimize these
barriers," Pilip-Florea said. "As a result, we believe those
mentioned by Dr. Grossman may exist in isolated cases but do not
represent a systemic problem." In 2012, the Navy issued a policy
requiring all females to be offered contraception services
immediately after receiving orders to make sure they have time
to find a contraception method before being deployed, Pilip-
Florea said. Navy medical facilities also have a film on the
different kinds of contraceptives; the facilities will soon
receive another film on the consequences of unplanned
pregnancies. The Navy also plans to add a "multi-hour,
facilitated classroom lecture on family planning" to thei