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A total of 21 officers and noncommissioned officers are being relieved, receiving General Officer Memorandums of Reprimand, or are being referred for further disciplinary action as a result of both
the Fort Hood report released in December, and
a new report following an internal Army investigation carried out by Gen. John “Mike” Murray.
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Murray’s report clarified many important details about the Army’s response to Guillén’s disappearance, and identified several points made in last year’s Fort Hood report, including the toxic climate of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment where Guillén was assigned.
The regiment is the “most undisciplined organization I have work[ed] in in my entire career,” one soldier said in Murray’s report. Others lamented a loss of “all faith” in unit leaders and criticized the regiment’s sexual harassment prevention program as “a joke.”
“[W]e have known predators still coming to work as though they’ve never done anything,” one soldier said. “The people who file reports frequently have their lives upended and destroyed due to rank differences.”
Gen. Michael X. Garrett, the head of FORSCOM, relieved five current or former leaders in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, three of which will receive a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand. He also referred seven other Fort Hood officers and noncommissioned officers to Lt. Gen. Pat White for further action, and referred an eighth noncommissioned officer to another command for more action. All eight will also receive GOMORs, and one is being notified of relief.
The Army declined to identify the people implicated at the battalion level and below.
“[W]e have known predators still coming to work as though they’ve never done anything,” one soldier said. “The people who file reports frequently have their lives upended and destroyed due to rank differences.”
Gen. Michael X. Garrett, the head of FORSCOM, relieved five current or former leaders in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, three of which will receive a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand. He also referred seven other Fort Hood officers and noncommissioned officers to Lt. Gen. Pat White for further action, and referred an eighth noncommissioned officer to another command for more action. All eight will also receive GOMORs, and one is being notified of relief.
The Army declined to identify the people implicated at the battalion level and below.
LeBouef added on Friday that the several GOMORs being distributed are “initial actions,” and the people receiving them can “respond and provide additional information” which will be reviewed and presented to the authority considering final actions.
“Know that each of these actions — whether it’s a relief for cause, General Officer Memorandum of Record, or a combination of the two — are significantly adverse actions.”