Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier's death

[SeattleVet]

2. Fort Hood has had a pretty bad reputation among soldiers and families for a long time.

My nephew and his family were stationed there for a while, and he and his ex both mentioned 'command problems' many times whenever that base was brought up. They felt that the reports of sexual assault, harassment, and high rates of drug use were just the tip of the iceberg, and the problems went all the way to the top of the local chain of command, with a bad attitude about fixing anything totally lacking. There has been a major vacuum in actual leadership, and too much sweeping of longstanding wide-ranging problems under the rug for far too long.

Sounds like what it really needs is a complete house-cleaning, and this seems like a good start. Too bad it took a few murders and several sexual assaults connected to the base to actually have anyone take notice and start to make changes.