Soldier Found in Barracks Is 11th Death at Fort Hood Since November

Now do a little research and see how many of those (12 soldiers is the real number by the way) stationed at Fort Hood that have died recently were actually AT Fort Hood when they died...

I think you'll find the media is misleading you (big surprise there)
That said 1 is too many...but it is just not some big secret death causing "thing"
its statistical deaths when you have a demographic as large and diverse as you do at Hood

I am currently stationed at Fort Hood and I will tell you that I can tell no difference from Here, Fort Bragg, Alaska, or anywhere else I have been stationed when it comes to this place being "Bad". Why 11 people have died at Fort Hood over the last 90 days.. I have no answer to that. I was stationed at Fort Hood for the first time back in 2003. Back then the war was ramping up and half the post was deployed while the other half was getting ready to go. Did we have deaths back then... yup. Was it 11 in 90 days.. I don't remember but probably so if not more. If you consider Motorcycle deaths, suicides, and other tragic deaths then you can hit 11 really quick especially with the amount of Soldiers stationed here. I remember having almost 200 with me during reception a few months ago when I signed into Fort Hood.

I guess the first question people ask is how do we fix it? I am sure they are constantly having meetings/briefings up from III Corp level on down on how we can address this issue. I know every Thursday unless mission dictates the post releases at 1500 so Soldiers can go spend time with families. If they are single they have the BOSS Program, and or several other options to go and spend there down time. Many gyms, pools, and other facilities are on this installation. A lot more than most.

I know that the BOSS program here offers free lunch's to Single Soldiers over by Chillis. I also know that I spent almost 3 weeks in-processing this post "the longest I have ever spent at any installation" having had to complete many briefings to include the Sharp, Suicide, and post CSM/CG brief.

I think there isn't much more we can do as an Army. Fort Hood in my opinion isn't to be blamed. I can't think of any other thing we can impliment as a Senior Leader to bring down the deaths in the Fort Hood area. You can only have so many mandatory briefings with sign in rosters. I swear around every unit head quarters is a mental health/Resilency center. Again the most I have ever seen compared to any other installation.

At the end of the day the Soldiers are going to do what the Soldiers are going to do. I would be interested in hearing others thoughts on this problem. Again this is just my two cents.

I was a Public Health Nurse at Bragg back in 2010-2011 when there was a rash of infant deaths in a short period of time. The media was buzzing with accusatory stories of systemic abuse, or using substandard building materials in housing (cheap Chinese drywall that was off-gassing and killing the babies). After a lengthy, and thorough investigation by my Department, it was determined that in a community the size of Ft. Bragg the infant mortality rate was just below the national level, and significantly below the state, and county levels. The quarters were environmentally safe, and the Army had no part in these children's deaths. The media just wanted to villify the Army. It's what the media does for their ratings and to support what is generally a leftist agenda.