Why Are US Military Bases so Dangerous?

“We could die for speaking” doesn’t alter their voices

2:25 You know the place has a problem when your search finds yet another dead body, rather than the person you were looking for.

My dad was stationed there in the 80s. I was almost abducted as a little kid there. These problems have exsisted there for a very long time.

I met a beautiful young woman who worked in a Commissary. An Officer, not her husband’s chain of command noticed her and violently assaulted her on base. Eventually, he was successfully prosecuted and forced out of the service. But in listening to her it was clear how difficult it was to go through the process and satisfy the legal requirements and to also find away to heal.

So, basically, it's just the old joke of "After a thorough investigation into ourselves, we have found we have done no wrongdoing."

Meanwhile the Army can’t understand why recruitment and retention are so low.

I had a partner that supposedly committed suicide at Fort Hood, After being accidentally shot by a peer during training. That was back in 94 🙏🏽

A good friend of mine died here a few years ago. It was a complete mystery “illness,” and this is making me think there was more to it. Rip Jason

Also the military: "Why is no one joining?? :("

There’s a US base 10 miles from me in the UK. A diplomats wife drove out of the Base a few years ago on the wrong side of the road, she killed a 19 year old in a head on collision then fled the country with diplomatic immunity. Her name is Anna Sacoolas and she murdered Harry Dunn.

The fact that the man tasked with reforming this at Fort Hood said the chain of command has to remain in place is precisely how you know he will not succeed in his task. Accountability from an outside party is what would restore trust in the military. Fucking hell.

Too many psychopaths in the military.

Finding a different body while searching for another one is wild

for a commander... the fort hood guy seems nervous as hell.

I’m stationed here, i can’t wait to leave

I am a female veteran.. The things that have happened to me at the hands of fellow soldiers are unspeakable. These things were swept under the rug, and the individuals were not punished. The females were ostracized and treated poorly for speaking up. I still had to look at those individuals daily.

Bro what. 160 soldiers died there??? Thats crasy

That General didn't really answer any of her questions, and he didn't even sound like he believed himself. What a joke.

My daughters father was stationed at Ft. Hood. After his third deployment, he basically had a mental breakdown and went AWOL…..he was eventually dishonorably discharged due to the PTSD from war. This was back in 2008. He has never been the same…..but also there should be so much more done for our service members. RIP to the ones that have lost their lives.

It’s not even just dangers that exist inside and outside of base. It’s terrible leadership, lack of accountability, and extremely high op tempo while being vastly undermanned. Those things contribute to the suicides, depression and overall mental health issues a lot of the soldiers face here and no one cares. I just got out of the Army and was stationed here. Just in our brigade alone, we had multiple suicides in a single year. And whenever we had chances to talk about it, we were silenced and had Suicide Awareness PowerPoints shoved down are throat. Leadership didn’t want to hear solutions, they just wanted to check a box, say they “care” and move on.