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The US military, shaken by thousands of rape cases each year, has completed its investigation on the Fort Hood base. Commenting on the outcome of the investigation into the murder of 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillén, who reported that she had been raped at a military base in the state of Texas, the Secretary General of the Land Forces, Ryan McCharty, stated that Top management was found to have been “grossly negligent” with regard to sexual harassment.
Explaining that the culture and environment at the top were deemed suitable for such events, McCharty noted that the commanders here tolerated harassment was one of the findings. McCharty said this investigation revealed that the culture in the Ground Forces had to be changed early on.
Under the investigation, Secretary General McCharty announced the dismissal of 14 commanders, including the base commander, Major General Scott Efflandt, the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Colonel Ralph Overland, and the regiment’s sergeant major, Bradley Knapp. Major General Efflandt was suspended from his duties in September, but was allowed to remain at Fort Hood until the end of the investigation. Fort Hood has also recently been rocked by suicide and death. Since 2016, it was announced that 150 soldiers died in a row, 70 suicides and 7 murders.
