Margie Taylor, of Conroe in East Texas, spent her first Mother’s Day last Sunday without her youngest son at the cemetery placing flowers on his grave.
Margie Taylor, of Conroe in East Texas, spent her first Mother’s Day last Sunday without her youngest son at the cemetery placing flowers on his grave.
Within the walls of the Shoemaker Center sit hundreds of people who make the lives of Soldiers and families a little better each day. Among those people are three individuals
A former Fort Hood Army captain is going on the record to criticize the way the investigations into the death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen were conducted.
Alex Cook, the former executive officer for the Headquarters Troop, Regimental Engineer Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, was one of the last people to see Guillen alive before she went missing April 22, 2020. Although Guillen was in a different troop from his in the same squadron, she was the only qualified small equipment repairer in the squadron and was often called to different troops to repair equipment such as night vision goggles or the optics used on rifles.
FORT HOOD â The family of Spc. Vanessa Guillen joined III Corps and Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Pat White on Monday to unveil the signs for the newly named Vanessa Guillen Gate.
The gate is located at the junction of Fort Hood Street and Rancier Avenue and leads to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment area on post. The 3rd Cavalry Regiment is the unit Guillen was stationed with at the time of her death.
âToday weâre going to honor and celebrate Spc. Vanessa Guillen and the tremendous influence her life had and continues to have,â said White, âto inspire and implement actions to improve trust, discipline and teamwork across our team here at Fort Hood.â