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Guillen's family claimed that Robinson sexually harassed Guillen before he murdered her, but Fort Hood Criminal Investigation Command officials said at the time that there was no credible evidence he had done so. The report found that Guillen tried to report that she had been sexually harassed on two occasions, and her supervisor and other leaders failed to take appropriate action both times. It also found that there was no evidence that the allegations of sexual harassment were related to her death. Maj. Gen. Gene LeBoeuf, chief of staff for Forces Command, told reporters Friday that the Arm...

Army disciplines 21 at Fort Hood in probe of soldier's death by Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press Posted Apr 30, 2021 5:52 pm EDT Last Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 5:58 pm EDT FILE - In this March 16, 2021, file photo Christopher Swecker, right, chairman of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee speaks accompanied by Carrie Ricci, a member of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee, during a House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing about Military Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Recommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committ...

© Getty Images The Army on Friday announced several new actions meant to combat sexual harassment and violence at Fort Hood, Texas, and across the service. The move would implement some of the recommendations of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee (FHIRC), which last year produced a damning report highlighting a climate of widespread sexual misconduct at the base following the April 2020 death of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen. The recommendations to go into effect address concerns at Fort Hood, the base’s III Corps, Army Forces Command, as well as across the Army. They come nearly a yea...

Army enacts changes on sex assault response, investigations and more after Fort Hood scandal 1 hour ago The People First Task Force briefed reporters Friday on the many changes that are being enacted in the wake of public outrage following the death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen at Fort Hood in 2020, and subsequent revelations about murders, suicides, assaults and harassment at the Texas base. (Tamir Kalifa/AP) The Army has announced servicewide and command-specific changes in the wake of a scathing independent report last year that called for a major overhaul of both its Criminal Investigatio...

Fort Sill sexual assault case stirs up the worst kind of deja vu Despite years of efforts, sexual assault scandals continue to erupt in the Army. (Sgt. Uriah Walker/Army) Multiple cadre members are under investigation at Fort Sill, Okla., in connection with the sexual assault of a trainee, though officials have not confirmed on the record how many of them and what roles they might have played in a crime. This is nothing new for the Army. were charged for assaulting trainees in the past two years alone, those cases don’t often make headlines until a larger scandal explodes into the public...