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Private Dakota Lee Stump, 19, was found dead on the Fort Hood base on November 3 in an apparent car accident.
originally posted by: loveguy
I wonder if these passings are related in field;
all intelligence officers?
Somebody has a lose kitty scratching eyes out?
en.wikipedia.org...(United_States_Army)
Military Intelligence Corps[edit]
The Military Intelligence Corps is one of the basic branches of the United States Army. In 1971, the United States Army Intelligence Center was established at Fort Huachuca, Arizona as the home of the military intelligence branch. On 1 July 1987 the Military Intelligence Corps was activated as a regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System.[8] All United States Army Military Intelligence personnel are members of the Military Intelligence Corps.
Units[edit]
Battlefield Surveillance Brigades[edit]
Battlefield Surveillance Brigades (BfSB) are meant to improve the situational awareness about the battlefield for commanders at division level or higher, so they can adapt their units combat power for the current operations. For this the Battlefield Surveillance Brigades can deploy unmanned aerial vehicles, signals gathering equipment, human intelligence collectors and long range surveillance patrols.[9]
There are currently three active Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, each supporting one of the three Corps of the US Army: the 201st BfSB at Fort Lewis, the 504th BfSB at Fort Hood and the 525th BfSB at Fort Bragg. A fourth brigade is scheduled to activate at Fort Polk in 2013 but is not yet named. The Army National Guard has additional seven BfSB's.
Each BfSB consists of a headquarters and headquarters company, two military intelligence battalions, a reconnaissance squadron with a long range surveillance troop, a signals company and a support company.
originally posted by: 200Plus
Keep in mind the size of Hood as well. It's about three Divisions (plus). Most military bases house one Division (plus).
It is a hole, let there be no doubt about that. It is the only base I've served on with an on post gang problem and drug raids on base facilities.
Killeen, being the "support town" is just as bad if not worse than Hood proper. The property in the area doesn't really improve until you get out to Temple or Lampasas (30-45 minutes either way).
It's still better than Fort Riley IMO
originally posted by: projectvxn
My old psg died out there during a training flight along with the rest of the crew a couple of years ago. The area surrounding Fort Hood is not a nice place. The whole area has a bad vibe(a term I almost never use) and most of the soldiers I knew who PCS'd to Hood dreaded going there or going back.
Same with Fort Bragg. Fayetteville is also known locally as Fayet-Nam.
Taylor entered active-duty service in March 2012 and became an aviations operations specialist.
Now this is really getting strange. You use the term "bad vibe" as did others in this thread. What do you think is causing it? Is there bad juju? Leadership and management issues? Something paranormal?
originally posted by: projectvxn
The area surrounding Fort Hood is not a nice place. The whole area has a bad vibe
Same with Fort Bragg. Fayetteville is also known locally as Fayet-Nam.