Army suspends commander after Trump, Vance, Hegseth vanish from command board
Army suspends commander after Trump, Vance, Hegseth vanish from command board
Army said suspension ‘not related to misconduct’ but that the matter is under review
Published April 21, 2025 3:34pm EDT
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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.”
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.
Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has been suspended as garrison commander of Ft. McCoy. (U.S. Army )
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 U.
