Military to Discipline at Least 6 Officers in Ft. Hood Case

[Alpha Mare]

The military will formally discipline at least six officers, mostly from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, for failing to take action against the officer accused of carrying out last year's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, according to people familiar with the matter.

Senior Army officials said the decision to punish so many officers reflects the military's belief that the November assault, which killed 13 people at the Army base in central Texas, could have been prevented if Maj. Nidal Hasan's superiors had alerted authorities to his increasing Islamist radicalization.

The officials said that as many as eight officers could ultimately be censured over Maj. Hasan, mostly with letters of reprimand that effectively end their military careers.

A senior Army official said the investigation found evidence that military doctors at Walter Reed were so focused on their teaching and clinical work that they failed to adequately supervise Maj. Hasan or alert authorities when he began to express extremist religious views and harshly criticize the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703455804575057612342107400.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird

[JohnnyReb]

....and in conclusion we find that the religion of pieces played no part in the unfortunate occurrence at Ft Hood.....uh huh....sure

[thundley4]

And if any of those six had raised a red flag about Hassan, then their careers would have been pretty over at that point.  It isn't the officers fault, so much as the system of political correctness that is to fault. IMO

[IassaFTots]

And if any of those six had raised a red flag about Hassan, then their careers would have been pretty over at that point.  It isn't the officers fault, so much as the system of political correctness that is to fault. IMO

I am glad you said it, because now I don't have to type it all out.  Pretty rotten if you ask me.  Rotten indeed. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

Not to be a wet blanket, but it's really somewhat less likely to end their careers in the Medical Corps as opposed to what would happen in other branches.  Even if the letters are permanently filed, what it will really do is tank their chances of being promoted, but since they're likely all field grades already, they can stay until they retire.

[IassaFTots]

Not to be a wet blanket, but it's really somewhat less likely to end their careers in the Medical Corps as opposed to what would happen in other branches.  Even if the letters are permanently filed, what it will really do is tank their chances of being promoted, but since they're likely all field grades already, they can stay until they retire.

Yeah, but it still ain't right. 

[Eupher]

My letter to Yochi Dreazen at the WSJ, the author of the article:

Mr. Dreazen:

Thank you for your well-written article. You presented the facts in a compelling manner.

What is missing from this entire equation, however, is the Army’s singular failure in identifying the specter of islamofascism within the Army’s ranks and to draw attention to it as a central figure in Major Hasan's criminal activity.

Mr. West’s and Admiral Clark’s report/investigation notwithstanding, their failure to properly identify the true enemy here is appallingly obvious to anybody with half an ounce of brains.

Holding soldiers accountable for their actions is, of course, the military way. And Major Hasan’s previous supervisors have a role to play in the overall investigation, but the focus of the matter is not held where it should be.

The current administration’s coddling of Islam will not win friends and influence people, except to convince our enemies that the U.S. is a paper tiger.

How many more people will be killed before this egregious policy is reversed?

Sincerely,

XXXXXXX
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Retired