{"id":108096,"date":"2020-12-08T18:24:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108096"},"modified":"2020-12-08T18:24:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T23:24:03","slug":"a-whopping-14-officers-at-ft-hood-get-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108096","title":{"rendered":"A whopping 14 officers at Ft. Hood get fired"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lots of issues at Ft. Hood lately. SecArmy is cleaning house.<\/p>\n

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Tuesday that he had relieved or suspended 14 Army leaders at Fort Hood including a two-star general as a result of a probe into the command climate at the Texas installation launched amid a rash of deaths among soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have determined the issues at Fort Hood are directly related to leadership failures,\u201d McCarthy said at the Pentagon. \u201cLeaders drive culture, and are responsible for everything the unit does or does not happen to do. I am gravely disappointed that leaders failed to effectively create a climate that treated all soldiers with dignity and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt was the highest ranking soldier fired for his role in the Fort Hood problems. The leaders of the Fort Hood-based 3rd Cavalry Regiment, its commander Col. Ralph Overland and top enlisted soldier Command Sgt. Maj. Bradley Knapp, were also fired, McCarthy said.<\/p>\n

The Army secretary said he has also suspended the leaders of Fort Hood\u2019s 1st Cavalry Division — Maj. Gen Jeff Broadwater and Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Kenny — pending the results of a new investigation into the unit\u2019s command climate and implementation of the sexual assault prevention program.<\/p>\n

Efflandt served as the base commander in the absence of its deployed top general, Lt. Gen. Pat White. Efflandt was supposed to move to Fort Bliss, Texas, during the summer and serve as commander of the 1st Armored Division. But he was replaced and remained at Fort Hood as the III Corps deputy commander for support while awaiting the results of several ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n

White, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood, said Tuesday during a news conference at the base that he was given enough notice of the firings, which occurred Tuesday morning, to prepare a \u201ccompassion team\u201d made up of a lawyer, a public affairs representative, a chaplain, a behavioral health representative and a cyber awareness expert.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Those fired] were notified with someone catching them coming out to make sure they are taken care of as well,\u201d White said. \u201cNow we will deal with the aftermath here in the command structure because there are people who will not be reporting to work tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The firings come following a release of a report from a civilian-led investigation that found Fort Hood soldiers have a lack of confidence in the SHARP program that has led to a fear of retaliation and significant underreporting of sexual assault and harassment cases, particularly within the enlisted ranks.<\/p>\n

Fort Hood leadership knew or should have known of the high risk of harm to female soldiers, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Army officials said Tuesday that they would not name the nine other soldiers fired or suspended after the probe because of their lesser ranks. Those soldiers serve between the squad and battalion level and face noncriminal, administrative punishments, the Army said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source; Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to KoB and Jeff LPH 3 for sending this one in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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