killarney rose
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He was in contact with his mother throughout his hospitalization.
Absolutely horrible! “It’s a toxic command” is very telling. Something is not right. MOOWhat in the world?
Harassed and hazed. Transferred to protect him from reprisals from superiors. It seems like this was common knowledge.
How could he trust those in mental health facility if he had fear of reprisals?
Rationally, the people at the mental health facility would not be against him. But, if he had to be transferred based on fear of reprisals, he had to think his career was over by being hospitalized. The last thing that a victim of assault needs is a lack of unfettered contact with family. Bluntly and from a more paranoid perspective, the military institution that made it possible for him to be abused then held him captive in the facility. If he balked he would not get out and be medically discharged from the military.
Poor guy, he must have been terrified and despondent.
I still wonder what the conversation was in between the facility and where he was dropped off at. I am concerned that there may have been some red flags...
From the Washington Post:
A friend of Fernandes told Khawam that the soldier was being harassed and hazed within the unit. Brautigam, the 1st Cavalry Division spokesman, said Fernandes was transferred to another unit to avoid reprisals from superiors.
“These men and women go through a lot,” Khawam said. “I’m not talking about war here. It’s toxic command.”
Army officials said the search for Fernandes was a “top priority” of the 1st Cavalry Division, with soldiers searching for him on and off Fort Hood and with Killeen police also investigating.
But the family said the Army took too long to get the public involved. A news release was published four days after Fernandes was last seen.
“The Army goes online, posting they helped since day one,” Isabel Fernandes said. “It’s all bull—t.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...26/elder-fernandes-missing-soldier-fort-hood/
Isabel Fernandes said her nephew was happy in the Army and had just renewed his contract until 2024. But she said things changed when, according to the accounts they have gathered from multiple people close to Elder Fernandes, he filed a sexual-assault claim against a superior on May 11. She said the family has also learned he was bullied, harassed and hazed when he was moved to a new unit following the assault.
Isabel Fernandes said her nephew was happy in the Army and had just renewed his contract until 2024. But she said things changed when, according to the accounts they have gathered from multiple people close to Elder Fernandes, he filed a sexual-assault claim against a superior on May 11. She said the family has also learned he was bullied, harassed and hazed when he was moved to a new unit following the assault.
U.S. Army officials confirmed in a statement that Elder Fernandes reported an incident of “abusive sexual contact” and that investigation is ongoing. He was transferred to a different unit within the brigade and officials said they are unaware of reports of bullying or hazing.
According to Isabel Fernandes, the family was told by Army officials that a different superior signed her nephew's hospital release. The superior dropped him off outside of a house belonging to a former roommate of Elder Fernandes.
But Fernandes never made it to the friend's door.
Hiding it doesn’t help, but that is exactly what many victims want to happen. NoSi is speaking of the perspective of the victim. They want to hide, they think they may have been responsible in some convoluted way. Having the information become public could be very dangerous for the victim’s mental stability at this time.I don't agree with you. Hiding it does what?
Another one? <modsnip>. I am beginning to notice a pattern in these victims of being very much the antithesis of "gung ho" soldier types. Fort Hood really needs to get a handle on this before it starts reflecting poorly even higher up the ladder than base command.
My cousin was stationed at Fort Hood about ten years ago. She was repeatedly harassed and then raped by three soldiers from the base. She had the courage to report it, had bruises and scratches and torn clothes to prove it but was quickly deemed mentally unstable and discharged. Nothing happened to the men who raped her, they all went on to have careers in the military.
Oh my goodness. I am so, so, sorry. I hope that she is healing a bit more every day. Hard to do when there is no justice, but sadly that's the case for so many survivors.My cousin was stationed at Fort Hood about ten years ago. She was repeatedly harassed and then raped by three soldiers from the base. She had the courage to report it, had bruises and scratches and torn clothes to prove it but was quickly deemed mentally unstable and discharged. Nothing happened to the men who raped her, they all went on to have careers in the military.
See the issue can be that in the military, things like squad cohesion and the chain of command can be seen as literally everything. If a soldier is seen as too much of an independent thinker a superior might think it's a good idea to demonstrate that he can make that soldier do what he's ordered to do even if there's no obvious reason for it, even if it constitutes sexual assault. There's the idea that in a combat situation a soldier may not understand the reason for the order they're receiving but lives depend on them following it - and other soldiers are expected to pull together as a unit against soldiers that are seen as not operating as a part of that unit even if it means handing him a noose and dropping him off in the middle of nowhere or disposing of his dismembered remains in the ocean after pressuring him into riding on the running boards of a Jeep at 50 mph down a bumpy beach.These soldiers signed up, willing to do what it takes and die for us and country.
Now he gets his career ruined for reporting an assault? He should have been commended.
Reprisals?
HE was moved? Isolated him, made him a pariah.
They got to deploy?
So corrupt.
My cousin was stationed at Fort Hood about ten years ago. She was repeatedly harassed and then raped by three soldiers from the base. She had the courage to report it, had bruises and scratches and torn clothes to prove it but was quickly deemed mentally unstable and discharged. Nothing happened to the men who raped her, they all went on to have careers in the military.
No it doesn’t sound right. Something doesn’t add up. MOOFrankly I’m going to need a reconstruction to believe this is a true unassisted suicide - this doesn’t sound right at all
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Frankly I’m going to need a reconstruction to believe this is a true unassisted suicide - this doesn’t sound right at all
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