The revelation that an officer and NCO ordered Pvt. Lance Aviles to erase two videos he made of the Nov. 5, 2009, mass shooting at Fort Hood is a stunner at many levels. [Read more...]
Ordering videos erased could be crime
October 18, 2010 By
By Sig Christenson - Express-News, and MRE board member
KILLEEN — Ordering a soldier to erase cell-phone videos of a mass shooting at Fort Hood could be a crime, two former military lawyers said Saturday. [Read more...]
Sig Christenson: Soldiers hear jihad battle cry before Hood shooting
October 14, 2010 By
A lot of soldiers are talking about how they heard Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cry out, “Allahu akbar!” before the mass shooting last year at Fort Hood. [Read more...]
Sig Christenson: Ernie Pyle’s San Antonio connection
October 8, 2010 By
Former MRE President Jim Crawley and I used to talk about writing as Ernie Pyle did in World War II. He influenced a number of us as we followed 1 MEF and 3rd Infantry from Kuwait to Baghdad.
From Sig Christenson: Engaging the enemy – at Fort Hood
October 3, 2010 By
It wasn’t that long ago when Maj. Gen. William Grimsley was a brigade commander as his 3rd Infantry Division invaded Iraq. What he saw then as a colonel, oddly enough, looms far larger in his capacity this week as senior commander at Fort Hood, where up to 20 soldiers have committed suicide in the first nine months of the year. [Read more...]
Fort Hood goes on suicide watch
October 2, 2010 By
By Sig Christenson MRE boardmember
The San Antonio Express-News
Alarmed by the apparent suicides of four soldiers over three days, Fort Hood‘s top commander this week ordered a series of measures that included identifying anyone in uniform who might be a suicide risk. [Read more...]
War correspondents’ dinner is Nov. 5
October 2, 2010 By
War Correspondents’ Dinner will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 at the Old Ebbitt Grill, on 15th between G and I Streets, close to Metro Center in Washington, D.C. [Read more...]
Hasan’s lawyer loses bid to close hearing
September 16, 2010 By
By Sig Christenson
San Antonio Express News
FORT HOOD — A judge refused Thursday to close an evidentiary hearing for an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in a shooting last year on this post. [Read more...]
Hasan’s lawyer wants to close hearing
September 16, 2010 By
By Sig Christenson
San Antonio Express-News
The attorney for an Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people and wounding dozens more last year at Fort Hood said Wednesday he wants to close a hearing this fall to the public and media. [Read more...]
Sig Christenson blogs: At Fort Hood, a grim situation worsens
April 2, 2010 By
Today’s story on a surge in suicides at Fort Hood is more grim news for the Army. [Read more...]
