Fort Hood’s leaders need to direct their attention to changing the culture at the post.
Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s sexual harassment and murder sparked federal reforms to address sexual harrasment in the military. But have those reforms been implemented to their fullest and changed the culture at Fort Hood and other installations?Changing Fort Hood’s name is not the same as changing a deadly culture.
Meanwhile, it took more than five weeks for a Fort Hood spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Tania Donovan, to confirm Weikel’s death. She said the Army did not disclose it earlier because of the time required to notify next of kin. Given Fort Hood’s history, the public should have been made aware much sooner. Fort Hood is one of nine Army installations being renamed to “remove the names, symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America,”We support the name change, Confederate soldiers rebelled against the U.S. and fought in support of slavery. But a name change shouldn’t be confused with progress in ensuring the installation is a workplace free of harassment and violence.
And, of course, there is the stain of Guillén’s murder. An investigation after Guillén’s death found there was a “permissive environment for sexual assault and sexual harassment at Fort Hood.”
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