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Unfortunately, the change that needs to happen will take longer than his tenure at Hood. Unit and post cultures take years to create and will take years to fix. I noticed a change in the post when discipline was put on the back burner and MWR sponsored activities were canceled such as all the post outside swimming pools closed because training was the focus and life outside of that was not as important.
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Weather was the only thing that gave us a training pause when I was stationed there in 1972 SSG Robert Ricci. Its going to take a lot more than a training pause.
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SSG Robert Ricci
I agree but in light of the massive media spotlight it's a start. It was prompted by the murder of PFC Vanessa Guillen but I am of the mindset the military can't regulate depravity. Like you, I am not so naive as to think that this is the only solution. I was there apparently right after you were. I joined Fort Hood in 1979. I think part of the problem that we have is the culture of the new soldiers. They think that because the military is optional involuntary they actually have a voice and how it operates. LOL. But, this generals actions are a start.
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EDIT: If you ignore the BS commentary of the article writer, and focus on Maj. Gen. John Richardson quoted statements, this may have a chance of working...I was there when he was a Regt CDR and had issues with his unit so severe, they almost did not deploy....He did a great job of fixing that so.......
, "The effort starts next week with Operation Phantom Action, a week-long training stand-down to give leaders time to start earning back the trust of their soldiers."
Oh boy......mandatory "training" classes and powerpoint briefings, yup that will fix it.
, "The effort starts next week with Operation Phantom Action, a week-long training stand-down to give leaders time to start earning back the trust of their soldiers."
Oh boy......mandatory "training" classes and powerpoint briefings, yup that will fix it.
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SGM Erik Marquez
SSG Robert Ricci - Id ask you to reread the article ,but only read the statements from Maj. Gen. John Richardson. Then ask yourself.... all the things he mentioned fixing....if they are broke as he believes, is that an issue that could cause the distrust in leadership, the individual failures at soldier to leader that's been reported?
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SSG Robert Ricci
SGM Erik Marquez BINGO! It's not a failure of leadership that in SM decides to go sell a gun in Harker Heights and ends up getting shot with his own gun when they can agree on a price. You are the company that you keep. Or the so-called pastor and his wife living with an SM in Killeen that were shot execution-style in an apartment. I wonder what church the pasture represented. This could come back and bite me in the ass but anyone can get a piece of paper that says there a pastor and then apply for tax-exempt status. I think I'll go water skiing and if I drown I'll let the media blame it on Fort Hood for having a lake on its post...
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SPC William Weedman
I’ll pass on “stepping up to the line, thank you, I’m a soldier not a target of a toxic NCOs insecurity. I trusted my squad leader at Hood, but if I had deployed with my platoon sergeant I might have considered an “accidental discharge” of my weapon if his 20 year old snitch wife didn’t get wind of it. I saw what happened when she heard the lower enlisted talking bad about him...SSG Robert Ricci
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SSG Robert Ricci
SPC William Weedman I prefer to challenge ideas and not individuals, so it surprises me to see that you name me specifically and attribute comments to me that are not in this thread.
I suspect that you were one of those individuals that probably was not well suited for the military. You've now publicly stated that you would have murdered your platoon sergeant if you could have gotten away with it except that his 20 year old wife caught wind of it, while also alleging that your XO threatened you with bodily harm if you chose to deploy rather than getting out of the military. Both of these say more about you than they do about what you feel is a dysfunctional military at Fort Hood. With your minimal time in the military I don't personally think you had the requisite experience to make such claims.
I suspect that you were one of those individuals that probably was not well suited for the military. You've now publicly stated that you would have murdered your platoon sergeant if you could have gotten away with it except that his 20 year old wife caught wind of it, while also alleging that your XO threatened you with bodily harm if you chose to deploy rather than getting out of the military. Both of these say more about you than they do about what you feel is a dysfunctional military at Fort Hood. With your minimal time in the military I don't personally think you had the requisite experience to make such claims.
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