New Fort Hood Report May Help Change Sexual Assault Prosecutions
Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s sexual harassment was reported by three soldiers. Command failed to act.
Assistant Editor, Defense One
As support mounts to move investigations of military sexual assault and harassment out of the chain of command, the most recent investigation into the murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillén at Fort Hood has provided further evidence for those who say military commanders cannot handle cases of sexual harassment in the ranks.
Guillén told several people she was sexually harassed by a supervisor in the summer of 2019, says the U.S. Army Forces Command report, released Friday. Another supervisor noticed Guillén’s demeanor change and asked her if she was OK. Guillén reported the harassment to that supervisor, and shared the incident with a handful of other close peers and her family. The same supervisor who harassed Guillén that summer did so again soon after.
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Deputy defense secretary stresses diplomacy in dealing with China
By The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group entered the South China Sea in early April in a show of force, but Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Friday that diplomacy with China remains the dominant strategy. Photo by MCS Seaman Faith McCollum/U.S. Navy
April 30 (UPI) Stressing the importance of diplomacy, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Friday that conflict was China was neither desirable nor inevitable.
In remarks to a virtual meeting of the Aspen Defense Forum, Hicks noted that China can challenge the United States in several categories.
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