Ft Hood

On 2-Year Fort Hood Anniversary, Victims Families Help One Another Grieve

AP | By TRACY A. BROWN and ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 01.05.2012

By TRACY A. BROWN and ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Two grieving families walked through endless rows of headstones at Arlington ...

AWOL Soldier Indicted In Fort Hood Bomb Plot

AP | Posted 10.09.2011

WACO, Texas — A federal grand jury indicted an AWOL soldier Tuesday on three charges in connection with a plot to bomb Fort Hood soldiers in Tex...

AWOL Soldier Condemned 2009 Fort Hood Shootings

AP | JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 09.28.2011

WACO, Texas — Coolly defiant, Pfc. Naser Abdo shouted "Nidal Hasan Fort Hood 2009!" as he was led out of the courtroom Friday, an apparent homag...

U.S. Soldier Admits To Fort Hood Attack Plan: Army

AP | By JAMIE STENGLE | Posted 09.27.2011

KILLEEN, Texas -- An AWOL infantry soldier caught with weapons and a bomb inside a backpack admitted planning what would have been Fort Hood's second ...

U.S. Soldier Arrested Near Fort Hood With Possible 'Bomb-Making' Materials

Reuters | Posted 09.27.2011

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, July 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier was arrested after police found him in a motel room near Fort Hood, Texas, with...

WATCH: Jon Stewart Rips Fox News' Religious Hypocrisy

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 09.27.2011

On Wednesday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart put aside the debt ceiling debate to focus on the recent terrorist attacks in Norway, or at least how F...

FBI Had Sufficient Information To Discharge Ft. Hood Shooting Suspect Prior To Massacre

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A Senate report on the Fort Hood shooting is sharply critical of the FBI's failure to recognize warning signs that an Army psychiat...

Nadal Hasan Trial: Army Says It Will Seek Death Penalty For Fort Hood Shooter

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

FORT WORTH, Texas — Military prosecutors sent a notice Wednesday indicating they plan to seek the death penalty against the Army psychiatrist ch...

Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooting Suspect, Gets First Court Appearance

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

FORT HOOD, Texas — Wearing his Army uniform and sitting solemnly in a wheelchair, the psychiatrist accused of gunning down 13 people at Fort Hoo...

Reflections From Fort Hood on Seven Years in Iraq

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Rieckhoff

The drawdown this year should serve as a final wakeup call for the American public, who will hopefully never again shield themselves so effectively from the sacrifices of war.

Imam Al Awlaki Says He Did Not Pressure Accused Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Hasan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychia...

Pentagon's Hasan Nightmare

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Nidal Malik Hasan is a frightening example of the army's miserable failure to get a handle on the nightmare stress-related violence that has claimed so many of its own.

Fort Hood Shootings UPDATES - Live Twitter Coverage

HuffingtonPost | Posted 05.25.2011

Thirteen people were killed and 30 wounded in shootings Thursday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Read our live updates here. Live on Twitter, we...

Is Fort Hood Like Columbine?

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 05.25.2011

My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

Obama Ft. Hood Speech: VIDEO, TEXT Of Memorial Remarks

Posted 05.25.2011

One by one, President Barack Obama spoke the names and told the stories Tuesday of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring the...

Ft. Hood General: Gunman Went On "Measured Shooting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The base commander at Fort Hood says survivors of the shooting rampage have told him that the Army psychiatrist suspected in the vi...

Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists...

Ft. Hood Shooting (PHOTOS): Dramatic Pictures From The Scene

Posted 05.25.2011

The tragic shootings at Fort Hood Army post in Texas Thursday left a dozen dead and nearly three times that many injured. Below are some dramatic and...

President Obama At Fort Hood Memorial

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Weigant

I present the transcript of President Obama's remarks at yesterday's memorial service for those killed in the tragedy at Fort Hood in Texas.

Fort Hood Victims Names

Posted 05.25.2011

In the aftermath of the Fort Hood Shootings, the 31 wounded have flooded local hospitals, the New York Times reports. Although the names of the victi...

Nidal Hasan Attorney: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Considers Insanity Plea

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

FORT WORTH, Texas — An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the cha...

The Ft. Hood Killer - Guilty, But Not Evil

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Goulston, M.D.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan was not a bad person. He was even possibly a good person. But he was a very sick person who did a terrible thing.

Learning From the Fort Hood Tragedy: Comments from an Expert on Suicide and Violence

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

Lisa Firestone

This misfortune points toward major flaws in our mental health system for military personnel, including the mental health of psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors treating our troops.

Many Issues With Tragedy at Ft. Hood -- A "Muslim Problem" not One of Them, FOX News

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Soltz

FOX and Friends hosts twice implied on their show that this is some kind of Muslim problem. There are thousands of American Muslims serving in the military right now, and many have given their lives.

Nidal Malik Hasan: Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Is Alive

AP | APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage ...