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Fort Hood situation getting juicier every day.

shortylickens

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(Did a search, amazingly I found nothing)



www.upi.com

Woman charged with tampering in death of Vanessa Guillen on Fort Hood base - UPI.com

A new federal criminal complaint says missing soldier Pfc. Vanessa Guillen was killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, Texas, and his girlfriend helped to dismember and hide the body.
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Has anyone else noticed there's been quite a few stories coming out of Fort Hood the past few years. This one could be a movie of the week. Are we gonna see a big coverup so the DoD can save a little dignity in this undignified situation?
 
I'm so baffled by Fort Hood. So many out of wack things have happened there and no one with the ability or authority is interested in investigating it. A true wtf indeed. But this is a really sad story.
 
Cobra got the last part of his post right. It is a sad story, kinda weird.

Hood is one of the largest military-related communities in the world. Not surprising it gets some weird stories, crime, etc over time.
 
Bumping this - apparently up to 8 deaths in Ft. Hood area now?


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The post-draft military is a different animal than when I was in the Navy.

With the draft, there were a broad spectrum of people in the service, with the exceptions of the rich or powerful such as the coward tRump.
While most draftee's were Army, some Marines, the Navy and Air Force also had a mix based on those without the riches or power to totally avoid serving their country. Joining the Navy or Air Force at least gave you the ability to do it somewhat on your terms. That was my rational, vs. chancing the draft and becoming cannon fodder in the rice paddies of Nam.

Granted there were those that joined out of pure patriotism and country, both then and now, but look how they have been fucked over since. That is a one-way street, you are only useful to the country until you are not, then you are discarded back into a society suffering PTSD at best.

Why are there veteran shelters all over the country dedicated to helping those discarded when they were no longer of use. Discarded like much in our materialistic society. When anything is broken, it is not fixed, merely discarded, and replaced.

But the military is a great learning tool, especially as a training ground for gangs. And we are surprised at events like Ft. Hood?
 
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MtnMan said:
The post-draft military is a different animal than when I was in the Navy.

With the draft, there were a broad spectrum of people in the service, with the exceptions of the rich or powerful such as the coward tRump.
While most draftee's were Army, some Marines, the Navy and Air Force also had a mix based on those without the riches or power to totally avoid serving their country. Joining the Navy or Air Force at least gave you the ability to do it somewhat on your terms. That was my rational, vs. chancing the draft and becoming cannon fodder in the rice paddies of Nam.

Granted there were those that joined out of pure patriotism and country, both then and now, but look how they have been fucked over since. That is a one-way street, you are only useful to the country until you are not, then you are discarded back into a society suffering PTSD at best.

Why are there veteran shelters all over the country dedicated to helping those discarded when they were no longer of use. Discarded like much in our materialistic society. When anything is broken, it is not fixed, merely discarded, and replaced.

But the military is a great learning tool, especially as a training ground for gangs. And we are surprised at events like Ft. Hood?
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It would seem obvious that something is seriously wrong with the Army command, at least at this base. Back in the late 80s early 90s, the Navy was faced with a serious gang problem when the Bremerton business owners started complaining about getting shook down for there being no problems happening in their establishments. The Navy made a major effort at prosecuting and drumming out there "bad apples" very successfully.
 
MtnMan said:
The post-draft military is a different animal than when I was in the Navy.

With the draft, there were a broad spectrum of people in the service, with the exceptions of the rich or powerful such as the coward tRump.
While most draftee's were Army, some Marines, the Navy and Air Force also had a mix based on those without the riches or power to totally avoid serving their country. Joining the Navy or Air Force at least gave you the ability to do it somewhat on your terms. That was my rational, vs. chancing the draft and becoming cannon fodder in the rice paddies of Nam.

Granted there were those that joined out of pure patriotism and country, both then and now, but look how they have been fucked over since. That is a one-way street, you are only useful to the country until you are not, then you are discarded back into a society suffering PTSD at best.

Why are there veteran shelters all over the country dedicated to helping those discarded when they were no longer of use. Discarded like much in our materialistic society. When anything is broken, it is not fixed, merely discarded, and replaced.

But the military is a great learning tool, especially as a training ground for gangs. And we are surprised at events like Ft. Hood?
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In my experience first term enlistees are still a pretty representative body. You're right they skew poorer and more conservative but in my experience not drastically so. It probably helps that most first termers are young so all else being equal, more liberal. It's really the lifers that are super right wing but I think it's always been that way.
 
shortylickens said:
www.stripes.com

Family shocked by loss of Fort Hood soldier who collapsed during PT

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Cuz they just cant keep anybody alive down there.
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”Chee is the 30th soldier to die while assigned to Fort Hood this year, with more than one-third of soldiers’ deaths caused by an accident either on or off the base, according to information provided by Fort Hood Public Affairs Office. However, five of those soldiers’ deaths were ruled homicides, which has generated heightened scrutiny for Fort Hood and resulted in two Army-directed investigations into base leadership.”
 
UNCjigga said:
”Chee is the 30th soldier to die while assigned to Fort Hood this year, with more than one-third of soldiers’ deaths caused by an accident either on or off the base, according to information provided by Fort Hood Public Affairs Office. However, five of those soldiers’ deaths were ruled homicides, which has generated heightened scrutiny for Fort Hood and resulted in two Army-directed investigations into base leadership.”
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Just to keep things in perspective, the base population is an amazing 217,000 occupying almost as many acres. Still, things don't seem right.
 
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