Army suspends Col.Sheyla Baez Ramirez after Trump, Vance, Hegseth vanish from command board

The commander of Fort McCoy was relieved of duty after the US 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 US 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.”It came after the Defense Department (DOD) announced a probe into why a wall displaying the chain of command had empty frames on the wall where Trump, Vance and Hegseth’s images would typically be displayed. A new image they posted of the wall showed the frames had been filled. “Regarding the Ft.McCoy Chain of Command wall controversy….

WE FIXED IT! Also, an investigation has begun to figure out exactly what happened,” the department’s rapid response account posted on X. Ramirez assumed the garrison commander role in ​​July of last year. Previously, she had served as chief of the Reserve Program, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and in other roles throughout the Army and Army Reserves.The move came after a series of leadership shake-ups across the US military.Earlier this month, the Pentagon fired the base commander for Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland after she “undermined” Vance. After the vice president’s visit, Col.

Susannah Meyers emailed base personnel on March 31, writing, “I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S.administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”She added that she ha...