Mar 16 WATCH: Army under fire from Congress over Fort Hood response By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A independent report released in December detailed widespread systemic problems at Fort Hood, including a culture that allows sexual assault in its ranks. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 8:59 Report finds a 'failure of leadership' after Fort Hood murder A new independent report details widespread systemic problems at Fort Hood, Texas, including a culture that allows sexual assault in its ranks. It was ordered after the murder of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén, and led to the removal or… Continue watching
Dec 09 WATCH: House Armed Services committee reviews findings of Fort Hood probe By Candice Norwood and Associated Press The hearing follows an announcement by the Army on Tuesday that it has fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch 3:50 News Wrap: Key issues hold up talks on a bipartisan relief deal In our news wrap Tuesday, Senate Republican and Democratic leaders disagree on how to move past key issues that are holding up a bipartisan relief deal, President Trump and his allies kept up a stream of election challenges, the U.S. Continue watching
Dec 08 WATCH: The family of Vanessa Guillén, Army soldier killed at Fort Hood, hold a news presser By Associated Press The family is demanding Congress pass legislation that would change the way the military addresses sexual assault and harassment claims within its ranks. Continue reading
Dec 08 WATCH: 14 Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over violence at base By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Army on Tuesday said it had fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and ordered policy changes to address chronic leadership failures at the base that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence including… Continue reading
Oct 07 Current and former soldiers speak out about Fort Hood sexual assault, harassment By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Current and former soldiers at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, have taken to social media to report accounts of sexual assault and harassment following the disappearance and slaying this year of Spc. Vanessa Guillen. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: House Armed Services committee holds hearing on sexual harassment and retaliation By Justin Stabley The hearing was held several weeks after the remains of Spc. Vanessa Guillen were found after her disappearance from Fort Hood in Texas. Continue reading
Jul 03 Missing Texas soldier Vanessa Guillen was killed at Fort Hood, report says By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Federal and military investigators say a soldier missing since April was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier stationed at the same Texas base. The revelation followed demands for the Army to release details about its investigation of the disappearance. Continue reading
Jun 04 Nine soldiers die during Texas training exercise at Fort Hood By Michael D. Regan The bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers missing since Thursday morning during a Texas training exercise gone awry have been found, raising the death toll from the incident to nine military members. Continue reading