Editing Fort Cavazos (section)

===2014–2023===
A sexual assault prevention officer on the base, Sergeant First Class Gregory McQueen, was dishonorably discharged in March 2015, having been convicted of organizing a [[prostitution ring]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Christenson |first=Sig |date=11 March 2015 |title=Fort Hood sergeant admits he pimped soldiers |work=San Antonio Express-News |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Fort-Hood-sergeant-admits-he-pimped-soldiers-6129091.php |access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Panzino |first=Charlsy |date=12 December 2017 |title=Soldier convicted of running prostitution ring was allowed to be a foster parent |work=Army Times |url=https://www.armytimes.com/news/2017/12/12/soldier-convicted-of-running-prostitution-ring-was-allowed-to-be-a-foster-parent/ |access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>

Currently, Fort Cavazos has nearly 65,000 soldiers and family members and serves as a home for the following units: Headquarters III Corps; First Army Division West; the 1st Cavalry Division; 13th Sustainment Command (formerly 13th Corps Support Command); [[89th Military Police Brigade (United States)|89th Military Police Brigade]]; 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade; 85th Civil Affairs Brigade; 1st Medical Brigade; and the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade. Fort Cavazos also includes Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and the Medical And Dental Activities as tenant units.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fort Hood home page |url=http://www.hood.army.mil/ |website=Fort Hood home page |access-date=21 January 2016 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401075909/http://www.hood.army.mil/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{as of|October 2015}}, [[Killeen, Texas]], started a land-use study to "identify and mitigate compatibility and encroachment issues that may impact training, operations".<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jacob Brooks and JC Jones |title=Study takes aim at commercial encroachment that could impact training at Fort Hood |url=http://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_867b743e-6fa9-11e5-9637-7f6ed89b44d6.html |access-date=12 October 2015 |work=Temple Daily Telegram |publisher=FMEService |date=10 October 2015}}</ref>
;Command climate and culture{{anchor|commandClimateAndCulture}}{{anchor|FHIRC}}
In 2020, a debate around renaming US military bases named after Confederate generals emerged during [[George Floyd protests|protests]] sparked from the [[murder of George Floyd]]. Fort Hood was one such base at the center of the controversy.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/military-bases-confederates.html These Are the 10 U.S. Army Installations Named for Confederates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613233613/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/military-bases-confederates.html |date=13 June 2020 }} Retrieved 13 June 2020</ref>

39 soldiers stationed at the base died or went missing in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeong |first1=May |title="The Only Thing I Knew How to Do Was Kill People": Inside the Rash of Unexplained Deaths at Fort Hood |date=6 July 2021 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/inside-the-rash-of-unexplained-deaths-at-fort-hood |publisher=Vanity Fair |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> {{anchor|Command culture}}The [[murder of Vanessa Guillén]] at Fort Hood in April 2020 brought national attention to the base and the broader culture of [[sexual harassment in the military]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Alicia |date=17 June 2020 |title=Reward for missing soldier Vanessa Guillen grows to over $50,000 after Latino group and rapper add to it |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/us/vanessa-guillen-missing-soldier-reward-baby-bash-trnd/index.html |website=CNN}}</ref><ref name="AT20200703">{{cite news |last1=Rempfer |first1=Kyle |title=Civilian charged in plot to dismember and hide remains of murdered Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen |url=https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/07/03/civilian-charged-in-plot-to-dismember-and-hide-remains-of-murdered-fort-hood-soldier-vanessa-guillen/ |access-date=4 July 2020 |work=Army Times |date=3 July 2020}}</ref><ref name= mccarthy >{{cite news |title=Army secretary pledges "full, independent review" in Vanessa Guillen case |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/army-secretary-pledges-take-steps-vanessa-guillen-case-meeting-latino-n1233475 |access-date=11 July 2020 |work=NBC News |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref name= hoodStatistics >[https://www.stripes.com/news/why-is-fort-hood-the-army-s-most-crime-ridden-post-1.642104 Rose Thayer (August 21, 2020) Why is Fort Hood the Army’s most crime-ridden post?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904213239/https://www.stripes.com/news/why-is-fort-hood-the-army-s-most-crime-ridden-post-1.642104 |date=4 September 2020 }} Statistics comparing 3 similar posts 2015-2019</ref><ref name= murray >US Army Public Affairs [https://www.army.mil/article/238690/army_announcement_on_fort_hood_leadership (1 September 2020) Army announcement on Fort Hood leadership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120074947/https://www.army.mil/article/238690/army_announcement_on_fort_hood_leadership |date=20 January 2021 }} "There are currently several investigations underway at Fort Hood which are tasked with reviewing a wide range of topics and concerns. Gen. Murray will roll those efforts into a more complete and comprehensive investigation that will delve into all activities and levels of leadership."
*[https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/r15_6.pdf Army Regulation 15–6 (1 April 2016) Procedures for Administrative Investigations and Boards of Officers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124102115/https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/r15_6.pdf |date=24 January 2021 }}</ref><ref name= patWhiteFtHood >[https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/11/22/commander-seeks-to-get-embattled-fort-hood-back-on-track/ Lolita Baldor (22 Nov 2020) Commander seeks to get embattled Fort Hood ‘back on track’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180112/https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/11/22/commander-seeks-to-get-embattled-fort-hood-back-on-track/ |date=11 November 2022 }} Report 8 December 2020</ref><ref name= ftHoodDisciplinaryActionsAreComing >[https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/politics/fort-hood-investigation-disciplinary-action/index.html Barbara Starr (7 Dec 2020) Senior Army officers facing disciplinary action over Fort Hood leadership failings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180112/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/politics/fort-hood-investigation-disciplinary-action/index.html |date=11 November 2022 }} To be announced Tuesday 8 December 2020</ref> Hundreds of people protested at the gates of Fort Hood in June demanding justice for Guillén.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Jack |date=13 June 2020 |title=Hundreds rally to seek answers for missing soldier Pfc. Vanessa Guillen |url=https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/hundreds-rally-to-seek-answers-for-missing-soldier-pfc-vanessa-guillen |website=25 ABC}}</ref> In August, a [[San Antonio]] man was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats after threatening to commit a [[mass shooting]] at Fort Hood in retaliation for Guillén's killing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Man-arrested-in-connection-to-Facebook-post-15454946.php |title=Affidavit: San Antonio man threatens Fort Hood shooting in retaliation for Vanessa Guillen's death |publisher=San Antonio Express-News |last=Pettaway |first=Taylor |date=3 August 2020 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> 14 commanders were subsequently fired or suspended with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy citing "leadership failures".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55235381 |title=Fort Hood: Soldiers fired and suspended after Vanessa Guillen probe |work=BBC News |date=8 December 2020}}</ref> An investigation by Fort Hood Independent Review Committee (FHIRC), a panel McCarthy established, found that there was a "permissive environment for sexual assault and sexual harassment at Fort Hood."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/probe-launched-after-vanessa-guill-n-s-death-finds-permissive-n1250372 |title=14 Fort Hood leaders disciplined as probe finds 'permissive environment for sexual assault' at the Army base |first1=Nicole |last1=Acevedo |first2=Courtney |last2=Kube |work=NBC News |date=8 December 2020 |access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref> Army regulation AR-600-20 (24 July 2020) now requires the filing of commander's critical information reports (CCIRs) 8 days after a SHARP ([[Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention|sexual harassment/assault response & prevention]]) complaint by a victim.<ref name= ar600 >AR 600–20 [https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN30511-AR_600-20-002-WEB-3.pdf (24 July 2020) Army Command Policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318104249/https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN30511-AR_600-20-002-WEB-3.pdf |date=18 March 2021 }} 224 page. See Appendix J. Search glossary for SAIRO (Sexual Assault Incident Response Oversight), SARC (Sexual assault response coordinator)</ref> 
Fort Hood [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division|CID]] investigators assigned to their cases are hampered by a checklist mentality from their beginnings as junior investigators straight out of initial training from Fort Leonard Wood, according to the FHIRC report.<ref name= fhirc >FHIRC [https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/forthoodreview/2020-12-03_FHIRC_report_redacted.pdf (NOVEMBER 6, 2020) Report of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330142048/https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/forthoodreview/2020-12-03_FHIRC_report_redacted.pdf |date=30 March 2022 }} (FHIRC) Redacted</ref><ref name= cidFailings /> The majority of CID investigators are then detailed to protective services for senior Pentagon officials, thereby moving straight to middle management CID positions without the requisite experience in criminal investigation.<ref name= cidFailings >Kyle Rempfer [https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/12/15/army-cid-is-burned-out-and-mismanaged-by-military-police-leadership-special-agents-say/ (15 Dec 2020) Army CID is burned out and mismanaged by military police leadership, special agents say] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180114/https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/12/15/army-cid-is-burned-out-and-mismanaged-by-military-police-leadership-special-agents-say/ |date=11 November 2022 }}</ref> After Private Carlton L. Chee was the 28th death of 2020 in September, Congress launched an investigation of Fort Hood, citing the deaths and other felonies that occurred on the fort between 2014-2019.<ref name= congInvestig >{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=Associated Press in |date=8 September 2020 |title=Congress launches investigation after 28 soldiers die at Texas army base this year |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/08/fort-hood-deaths-soldiers-congress-investigation |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Commanders at the FORSCOM, III Corps, and Fort Hood levels now have specific actions to complete upon a sexual assault review board complaint.<ref name= armyListsMeasuresTaken >US Army Public Affairs [https://www.army.mil/article/245330/army_outlines_actions_taken_across_the_force_to_implement_fort_hood_independent_review_committee_recommendations (16 Apr 2021) Army outlines actions taken across the force to implement Fort Hood Independent Review Committee recommendations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420024733/https://www.army.mil/article/245330/army_outlines_actions_taken_across_the_force_to_implement_fort_hood_independent_review_committee_recommendations |date=20 April 2021 }}</ref> The [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Division|Army CID]] is being restructured:<ref name= armyListsMeasuresTaken /> a civilian director reporting directly to the Secretary of the Army will oversee criminal probes.<ref name= newBranchForCriminalInvestigation >Kyle Rempfer [https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/05/06/cid-overhaul-a-civilian-director-will-oversee-criminal-probes-officers-to-become-special-agents/ (6 May 2021) CID overhaul: A civilian director will oversee criminal probes; officers to become special agents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180113/https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/05/06/cid-overhaul-a-civilian-director-will-oversee-criminal-probes-officers-to-become-special-agents/ |date=11 November 2022 }}</ref> The Provost Marshal and the Military Police will no longer undertake criminal investigations. A new branch like those in the Air Force and Navy for Special Agents will be instituted.<ref name= newBranchForCriminalInvestigation /> FORSCOM now requires the selection of investigating officers from outside an installation's brigade-sized element, which is processing a complaint.<ref name= armyListsMeasuresTaken />

More than 100 night vision goggles (NVGs) from an arms room were gradually stolen from March until May 2021. Several dozen were subsequently offered for sale on the internet from a reseller in Corpus Christi, Texas as of 9 July 2021; some devices had already been sold and shipped. CID and Homeland security believe the NVGs were stolen from shipping containers at Fort Hood.<ref name= dWinkie21 >Davis Winkie [https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/10/20/homeland-security-recovers-some-stolen-nvgs-from-fort-hood/ (20 Oct 2021) Homeland Security recovers some NVGs stolen from Fort Hood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111180113/https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/10/20/homeland-security-recovers-some-stolen-nvgs-from-fort-hood/ |date=11 November 2022 }}</ref><ref name=dWallace22 >Danielle Wallace [https://news.yahoo.com/fort-hood-army-vet-gets-163418415.html (7 Aug 2022) Fort Hood army vet gets 18 months in prison for stealing $2.1M in military gear from embattled Texas base] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808000503/https://news.yahoo.com/fort-hood-army-vet-gets-163418415.html |date=8 August 2022 }}</ref>