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Demovictory9

(35,455 posts)
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:17 PM Tuesday

Female commander of Ft Mccoy suspended. Failed to post photos of Trump, Vance and Hegseth

The commander of Fort McCoy was relieved of duty after the U.S. Army base failed to install photos of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on a wall displaying their chain of command. 


Col.  Sheyla Baez Ramirez was suspended as garrison commander of Ft. McCoy in Wisconsin. "This suspension is not related to any misconduct," the U.S. Army Reserve Command said in a statement, "We have no further details to provide at this time while this matter is under review."


Hegseth on Sunday reposted an X post claiming: "Commander of Fort McCoy, whose base chain-of-command board was missing photos of Trump, Vance and Hegseth, has been SUSPENDED."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/army-suspends-commander-after-trump-vance-hegseth-vanish-from-command-board.amp

On April 14, the DOD Rapid Response social media account posted about what it called the “Ft. McCoy Chain of Command wall controversy.” The first image in the post shows pictures of Trump and Hegseth turned around and facing the wall, while pictures of military commanders below are visible.


https://www.wpr.org/news/fort-mccoy-commander-suspended-investigation-trump-hegseth-photos

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Female commander of Ft Mccoy suspended. Failed to post photos of Trump, Vance and Hegseth (Original Post) Demovictory9 Tuesday OP
Maybe she was just waiting for the updated pic with the new SOD. CrispyQ Tuesday #1
The photos were on the wall but turned around Demovictory9 Tuesday #2
El Supremo Bonespurs (Trump)and Blabber Mouth (Hegseth) don't like women commanders. surfered Tuesday #3
As much as we hate it dsc Tuesday #4
I guess we all choose our own way of resisting displacedvermoter Tuesday #5

dsc

(52,883 posts)
4. As much as we hate it
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:43 PM
Tuesday

they are in those positions and therefore those photos need to be displayed.

displacedvermoter

(3,685 posts)
5. I guess we all choose our own way of resisting
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 02:12 PM
Tuesday

and maybe this was hers. If she did it on purpose, she certainly knew what would happen.

And, BTW, Vance isn't in her chain-of-command.

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