I was listening to Murder in America this morning and they released an episode on Vanessa Guillén and wanted to do more research into Fort Hood and it's dark and fucked up history.
The first thing I noticed when typing in "Fort Hood Dark History" was the name change of this base.
Formally Fort Hood is now Fort Cavazos, to give recognition to the first American Hispanic commander who received four stars etc.
Here's where my issue is though; this commander was active in 1984… so close to 40 years ago, yet the name change just happened back in 2023.
I'm theorizing that the case of Vanessa Guillén has brought way more attention to this fort via the activism brought on by her family and the local community, and now the country.
I think this is a piss poor attempt to keep the history (and still current crimes) of Fort Hood under wraps. I also believe it is to give a false sense of hope to new soldiers joining the army stationed in Texas.
Meaning, you see Fort Cavazos and the alarm bells aren't going to ring as they would if you know you're being sent to Fort Hood.
Even when you google Vanessa Guillén, it says it happened at Fort Cavazos even though the name changed happened AFTER her death in 2020.
I just wanted to share my theory with y'all, less about the case of Vanessa Guillén, but more about how I feel like her case has led to a panicked mode of trying to cover bases and keep shit buried.
Posted by theconceptualhoe
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You are 100% correct.
I was stationed at hood from Jan ‘19 to June of ‘20. The base was absolutely horrible. We all knew it sucked. Things that were normal there were called “hoodisms” so you wouldn’t question the nonsense.