Vanessa Guillen was a 20-year-old Army private first class when she went missing on April 22 from Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen, Texas. Her family pushed for answers about her murder, while the military's investigation failed her. IAmVanessaGuillen
, “Ms. Khawam also called for legislation in Specialist Guillen’s name that would establish better protocols regarding sexual harassment and assault, like allowing members of the military to make reports through a third party rather than having to do so through the chain of command.” The social media uproar, pushed by activists and celebrities as well as other service members, is making a difference. Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon’s inspector generalinto Guillen’s disappearance and death.
The military needs to take missing person cases more seriously and also communicate better with families. In Guillen’s case, the military didn’t solve her murder until service members blew the story up and shared their stories with the hashtag on social media.: Private Gregory Wedel Morales—a man who had been missing for a year and branded a deserter.
The protocols to report sexual harassment and assault don’t make sense and don’t work. The military must be forced to address these major deficiencies exposed by the gruesome murder of Specialist Vanessa Guillen—including slow or negligent investigation of missing persons, lack of communication with families and handling of sex crimes. Otherwise, we are setting our soldiers up to fail.During this time, .
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