Posted on Dec 15, 2020
‘This can’t be my Army’ — The Fort Hood report is a long-overdue wake-up call for Army leaders
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Thank you my friend MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. for making us aware that Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy and the five civilian members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee determined there was an environment at Fort Hood that allowed sexual assault and harassment to proliferate, and that Army CID agents at the post were under-experienced and over-assigned.
The review also raised concerns about how Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention programs are conducted across the force, as well as how the Army investigates soldiers’ deaths and disappearances beyond Fort Hood.
“Our charter was to look at Fort Hood and that was what we did. But we are not oblivious to the fact that this is one Army and Fort Hood is potentially emblematic of other things going on in the Army,” said Jack White, an attorney with a background in government investigations who was on the committee."
Fourteen leaders at Fort Hood, Texas, from the deputy commander down to the squad level, were relieved or suspended after the Army secretary and chief of staff were handed the results of an independent committee’s review of the command climate there.
III Corps deputy commander, Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, as well as the 3rd Cavalry Regiment commander and senior enlisted soldier, Col. Ralph Overland and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Knapp, were all relieved,
McCarthy also directed the suspension of two 1st Cavalry Division leaders, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Broadwater and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas C. Kenny.
FYI LTC John Shaw Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Randy ZimmermanSSG Robert WebsterCSM Chuck StaffordPO2 Frederick Dunn LTC (Join to see) SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Michael Noll SSG Franklin Briant SPC Nancy Greene SPC Matthew Lamb SGT Michael Hearn
The review also raised concerns about how Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention programs are conducted across the force, as well as how the Army investigates soldiers’ deaths and disappearances beyond Fort Hood.
“Our charter was to look at Fort Hood and that was what we did. But we are not oblivious to the fact that this is one Army and Fort Hood is potentially emblematic of other things going on in the Army,” said Jack White, an attorney with a background in government investigations who was on the committee."
Fourteen leaders at Fort Hood, Texas, from the deputy commander down to the squad level, were relieved or suspended after the Army secretary and chief of staff were handed the results of an independent committee’s review of the command climate there.
III Corps deputy commander, Maj. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt, as well as the 3rd Cavalry Regiment commander and senior enlisted soldier, Col. Ralph Overland and Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Knapp, were all relieved,
McCarthy also directed the suspension of two 1st Cavalry Division leaders, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Broadwater and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas C. Kenny.
FYI LTC John Shaw Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Randy ZimmermanSSG Robert WebsterCSM Chuck StaffordPO2 Frederick Dunn LTC (Join to see) SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG Stephen Rogerson SSG Michael Noll SSG Franklin Briant SPC Nancy Greene SPC Matthew Lamb SGT Michael Hearn
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There was definitely a lack of leadership on this one. Rage, Disappointment, and Failure, is a pretty concise way of putting it.
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