RO's hubby here again,
I live about 2 miles from Ft. Hood and3blocks from where they found Morales body. The reports in papers here are saying they're not sure if it's animal or human remains and therefore was sent to Dallas for autopsy. What's interesting is PFC Morales and PFC Guillen are both in the same unit, again not saying that is she they found Saturday. What's also interesting is a lot of those soldiers on fallensoldiers.com that have unexplained deaths etc. are from that same Brigade or Unit, not saying this is connected to Ms. Guillen. Last month a soldier was shot and killed in Harker Heights, vehicle found in another location burning also from that unit. It's all weird to say the least. It's like Ft. Hood has turn into the killing fields with all these unexplained soldiers death, or could possibly have a serial killer. I was stationed at Ft. Hood for over half of my career and we didn't have soldiers go missing or unaccounted for. It's all disturbing and heartbreaking. I do hope they bring some type of closure to this family and others.
Morales and Guillen are not in the same unit, not even close. Morales was in 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1 CD. Guillen is in the Regimental Engineer Squadron, 3d CR. You spent time at Hood, Guillen was over by where 4ID headquarters used to be (now 1st Army West) and Morales was down on Motorpool Rd. towards the Clear Creek PX.
Texting weapon serial numbers is normal in my shop.( I’m active duty Military)
VG gets called in for work ( as she wasn’t supposed to work because of COVID)
who was with her at work?
How long was she at work?
Where did she go after work?
Did she leave the base?
All valid questions. I'd like to add a few.
Who signed the 702?
Who opened the arms room?
Who closed it after she left?
BBM
It's a shame they don't do the same when one of their soldiers goes missing on their base.
MOO
The problem is weapons can't get up and walk away. Soldiers can, and do, say "eff this, I'm out" and dissappear. They'll be there one day, gone the next. We check their room, if it looks like they cleared out their personal possessions we have to assume the went AWOL. Granted that is not what happened with VG but it does happen. What a lot of civilians don't realize is that when a person goes missing in the military it's because they want to. They disappear because they don't want to be found, often not even contacting their family. Again, not saying this is the case here, because obviously she did not walk away without any of her things.
My guess is that the supervisor sent the text message to himself after he had killed Vanessa—probably after he had disposed of her remains—in order to mislead CID regarding the timeline of her disappearance.
That seems like quite the stretch. Consider that she was spotted at lunchtime, after that message was sent. Also easily confirmed if she was the one that opened the arms room by checking the SF 702 (security log) posted on the exterior of every arms room in the Army.
Strange. You are saying these victims are all same unit?
Wedel-Morales
Brandon Rosencraz
Vanessa Guillen
MOO they should get the real FBI in the case.
That's incorrect information.
Morales - 1st Sustanment Brigade, 1 CD (1st Cavalry Division)
Rosencraz - 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1 CD
Guillen - Regimental Engineer Squadron, 3d CR (3rd Cavalry Regiment)
For you non-military types on the thread what follows is a brief organizational breakdown to help understand where they all fit in relation to each other.
Fort Hood's CG (Commanding General) is the 3 star (Lieutenant General) CG for 3 Corp. 3 Corp oversees and is responsible for the training, oversight, and guidance of all active duty Army members from Fort Hood, TX, Fort Bliss, Fort Carson, CO, Fort Sill, OK, Fort Riley, KS, and Fort Leavenworth, KS. There may be another one or two that I'm missing, but the crux is that 3 Corp covers a lot of Soldiers. Below Corp are Divisions. In 3 Corp this includes 1 CD at Hood, 1 ID at Riley, 4 ID at Carson, and 1 AD at Bliss. These are 2 star (Major General) CG positions that report directly to the 3 star. Each Division has 3-5 Brigades each commanded by a Colonel. There are also multiple Brigade sized elements that are not part of any Division. These are Colonel level command positions as well. 3d CR is one of these units.
To put the relationship in terms that everyone should be able to understand, I'll use an analogy. Guillen works at the Walmart neighborhood market. Rosencraz worked in in electronics at the regular Walmart and Morales worked behind the deli counter at the same regular Walmart. So while it is possible that they knew each other, either through training or being in reception at the same time, the likelihood is slim.
Can they do that? Just close down an entire Military base? Where would they all go?
Short answer, no.
Longer answer - that would take a huge push from the pentagon and the DOD to figure out not only where all of those Soldiers would go, but also who would fill those gaps in training and readiness for all of those units. Then there is the historical implications. Do they keep some of these units, just on different posts? If so, do they move all the personnel and equipment or do they scorch earth it and start fresh? Logistically speaking, closing a base is a colossal endeavor.
For anyone who wants to see how it could happen and the procedures required look into the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) that happened in 2012. They closed some but more often it was cosmetic differences. Keep in mind as you research though that none of the bases touched are anywhere near the scope and breadth of Fort Hood.
MOO doubt ever be shut, but its reputation can continue to decline.
MOO their security is too dated.
This is a larger military issue, don't all military installations have at least gate cameras?
Fort Hood's reputation can't decline. It cannot go lower than the absolute worst place. I call it the black hole of the Army, and the place careers go to die. I spent over 10 years there. As for gate cameras I can't comment. Security procedures are classified for obvious reasons, and even if they weren't I don't actually know if they have gate cameras or not.
