According to a news release by ABC News, http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/soldiers-killed-fort-hood-shooting/story?id=9007938 12 soldier were killed and 31 more were wounded in a shooting spree at Fort Hood. The attacks took place at Soldiers Readiness Processing Center and at the Howze Theater located on the base. One of the gunman has been killed and the Army is searching for one maybe two more possible shooters.
This is of course another tragic shooting that is becoming increasingly more frequent all around our country. Here these brave men and women are preparing for all the perils that they are going to face in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now soldiers not only have to fear what they will face overseas, but now they have to face domestic threats on their own bases as well. With the increasing tight secruity all over our U.S. military bases the question has to raised on how the gunman even got the weapons onto the installation. Weapons that are on the base are always secured and all vehicles coming in and out of the bases are always subject to being searched. Not only were the soldiers at risk, but so were all the civilians that work and or reside on the base. During the attack all the schools on the base were locked down.
It is hard to speculate the reasoning for the attack. Some have theorized that the gunman(s) did not want to be redeployed overseas. Fort Hood is home of the First Cavalry Division and at date has lost more soldiers to the war that any other division.
When is the government going to wake up and take some of the responsibility for this. If the theory is proven true and the attacks were based on the gunman(s) fear of redeployment, then shouldn't the Army step up there efforts in dealing with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)? These soldiers who enlist and go and fight for our country should be givin absolutely every thing possible to help them deal with the stresses of military life.
Hopefully as the investigation continues, more details will be made public. Hopefully answers will be given to families of the killed and wounded.
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That is a horrible story and I heard it first thing this morning on BBC World. One would think he or she is safe among other army men and women on an Army Base but I guess not! As for “post dramatic stress,” when will people start taking responsibilities for their own actions? I am not arguing with you over government not taking care of their own, but how did killing 12 and almost killing 31 helped Malik Hasan deal with one? As you said, hopefully as investigation continues more things will come to light and we will know what the trigger for this chain of events was.
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