Hood Shooting

[Katie]

I am not going to post all about it here, it is all over the news... But My heart is breaking for all the friends I have left behind, PLEASE keep them all in your prayers right now!!! They are reporting at least 7 dead and 15 wounded... And at least one gunman still on the loose..

SO un nerving, so speachless, and just in shock... I know what a selfish thing to say but I am so happy we are in KY this happened the bldg across from my husbands work.... ;-(

Just praying for all involved.

[Katie]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/05/texas.fort.hood.shootings/index.html

[Katie]

I seriously cannot even wrap my head around all this right now. Just unbelievable. They are now saying 9 dead 30 wounded...

I don't want to assume a fellow soldier would do this, someone who is suppose to protect our country, someone that is a brother in arms, someone that is suppose to have our husbands back... But I have to tell you being at Ft. Hood they take security SERIOUSLY. To get on post, you have to have DOD decals and military Id's etc.. I just don't know... I hate to speculate, I just seriously feel sick. I have so many friends still back at hood, and I have tried frantically to get ahold of them... A few of them I know are safe. A few I don't know.. My heart is just breaking and I cannot wrap my brain around it. I am watching the news as they show clips of streets I drove down every day and buildings we would go to all the time, until 2 months ago..> So scary.

[Katie]

Up to 12 dead now~~~!!!

[dawgangel24]

We're watching tv and it's just incomprehensible....and they were supposedly wearing uniforms??? Now they are saying 12 dead! I don't personally know anyone at Hood, but I'm praying for all involved, and Katie I hope all your friends are okay!!

[Katie]

Anyone know if Rachel is out of Hood yet? I know she was going to be getting out of there but has she actually gotten out of there yet? If not could someone please contaact her and get a sit rep and make sure she and the hubs and Landon are alright?

[Katie]

I have an ethical question... We have a flag outside our house, and I want to lower it to half mast, anyone know if that is ok?

[Lovey]

yea I've been watching it. My in laws live in near there and my sister used to live there on base. Its very sad and very shocking and my prayers are really going out to all them today.

[KristiMarie]

My friend lauren who used to be on the site is ok. ill try calling rachel


Last update we got at ROTC 12 dead, 31 injured. Shooter himself was killed too. Handguns were used for the shooting. 2 soldiers are being held in custody. The shooter was Major Malik Nadal Hasan

[Spahr]

Rachel and family are fine just shook up since they also were just there!

[KristiMarie]

The shooter is a muslim convert, and on the news they are interveiwing people who have heard him openly talk about not wanting to go to Iraq, and how we don't need to be over there, and that when the shootings happened at the recruiting station, his coworkers heard him say he was happy it happened.

This whole thing is scary. Just scary. He was a psych dr getting ready to deploy...

[armywife08]

my brother in law is at hood but i just heard about it on the internet and it was surprising and i told my hubby about it but hubby is still at work but i don't know anything.

[Katie]

The red cross has set up a list you can check if you have questions if family members or loved ones that are there.

GO to www.redcross.org and check on the safe list.

[Kira]

I just found out when Adam came home. This is so tragic!! My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected.

[Jessie.Rose]

I've been gettin CNN texts all day...my hearts go out to all the families...one of the girls who was shot in the back is from WI...she is in the hospital now. Its sad that our troops dont' even have to worry about terrorists in Iraq or anything anymore, and they have to start worrying about things happening at home and on post as well. It breaks my heart to see this.

Oh and the shooter is alive and in custody...that was the last text I got from CNN.

[Belinda]

Erik said that all the other base's security is probably going to be upped today, so if you girls live off-base and are heading on-base, expect some delays.

[Katie]

Yeah at least here at knox things were stepped up quite a bit... We saw the Qrf team spun up last night... I was like Hmm..

[Katie]

Maybe I am a little butt hurt this am maybe I am oversensitive about all this but my blood was BOILING this morning after reading a comment on a friends page, My friend is Ara, but her friend Beckie just started verbal diarrrea this am and like I said it just rubbed me the wrong way.. Please let me know if you think I should have handled it better... I put the whole string of it down below.. It's from FB


Ara B-E wtf @ the ft hood shooting.about an hour ago ·

Bekie yeah man. seriously, lets jsut send all those sand worm mfers outa this place and set border patrol to shoot anyone who fits the towel head decsription. with or without visa. im tired of hearin bout this shit, ppl gookastanies wanna kill their own ppl sende em home make our job easier. fuckin dooshbag that guy was, id kill him myself if it wasnt already going to be done by sum1 who will torture him first.
about an hour ago

KatieandJosh Carr Wow, Ara I don't want to start a war on your page, but very disapointed that some people are going to instantly overlook the absolute travesty, and to turn it into an opportunity to sprew racial hatred from their mouths. I will tell you as a wife a soldier, and one that just left Ft. Hood..and just returned from a year in Iraq, My husband risks ... Read Morehis life on a daily basis so your friend can be as ignorant as she wants. It is so easy to sit there and condemn the war and condemn those in charge when you don't know all the facts, when you aren't on the front line, and when it isn't on your turf.. But what happens when Obama listens to enough of you tree hugging liberals that want to get out of Iraq? What happens when the terrorist attacks are no longer at a comfortable distance from you and your loved ones Beckie? when they are in your backyard? My husband joined voluntarily, to protect a country he loves, Keep singing from the roof tops about how much you feel the troops should come home, and when the men and women you love are drafted to defend their country on its own turf, when it affects you in your backyard and becomes personal I can almost guarentee you will be singing a different tune. And since when are all muslims terrorists? Do you really believe that? Do you know how many innocent people my husband saw on a daily basis that were so happy to see US soldiers there to protect them and free them from the oppression they had been under for years decades? Do you hate all other races and religions or just the muslims? I am going to get off my podium for a moment now that I realized I just wasted 2 minutes of my life I can't get back trying to open the eyes of someone so clearly blinded by ignorance and hate.. Oh and just so you know, the shooters Muslim roots really played no part in his decision to shoot and KILL fellow soldiers, it was an act of a coward no matter his race or religion, and it would be treated completely different if his last name was Smith. You just have NO idea what goes on in this military world you are so quick to condemn.

[Danie]

Um... I have no words for ignorant people! I hope she replies... I'd love to see what she had to say!

[Katie]

David Edy @K&J, Thank you!
4 hours ago
Bekie Braley i know u dont want to start a war, but lets see were already in one, my brother is a soldier so i know full well what can happen and what does happen, and i hate every damn bit of it. if it was a white person that did it they would treat him the same, but since it a towel head who turned on his won men, who happened to be soldiers of this land, he ... Read Moreshould be executed along with all the ppl in his religion who believe that beating their wives is ok and raping their children. r u ok with that mrs car? are you ok with towelheads raping 4 year old little girls and taking shots at the men who are trying to protect them?
2 hours ago
Bekie Braley also mrs carr, my brother had been a soldier for almsot 11 years now, and has seen much battle, coward or not anyone that can fire onto their own people of ANY race should be condemed. ppl that rape their own chidlren should be condemmed, we could jstu end ALL of it easily with 1 thing. but hey where would we get our oil right? alaska? the tree ... Read Morehuggers up there dont wanna lose how pretty it is. oh wah. my brother does as much as yours does for his and our country and i know arafel may get pissy at me for writing so much random shit on this, but it doesnt matter. soldiers are soldiers a dn white person would get treated the same. and by the way, he is different. the man who is muslim who fired on his own ppl scream terrorist. how can you be as nieve as you are when you have a loved one protecting us from those dooshbags. we wouldnt need protecting if those ppl could live and be civilized. hello? where the hell have you been? weve all been trying to teach them for years how to be civilized humans. they rank the highest on the dooshbag scale? unless of course you are one of them.
2 hours ago Ara B-E honestly, You guys could probably go on arguing for hours, and the only thing I want to say about the FORT HOOD SITUATION ( NOT ANYTHING ELSE ), is that i feel terrible for the victims and their families. End of story.
about an hour ago

Bekie Braley agreed the victims shouldnt be victims and they wouldnt be had proper recautions been taken.
22 minutes ago

KatieandJosh Carr Beckie seriously all you did was make yourself look like an ass. An unintelligable ass. But hey thats your right to do so.. Fortunately I haven't filled my heart with parania and hate and am not looking at everything people around me do as "the muslims getting us" I absolutely am not ok with men raping children, but you.. I can promise have never ... Read Morebeen to the Middle East, you tell me one place that it is openly OK to do these things Not arguing that they happen, not one bit, my husband saw it too, but your condemning an entire race and religion for the acts of some. Quite frankly I was beaten and raped by a white man does that mean all white men are *insert witty rascist remarK*?? No, does it mean I should never again trust a man? No, does it mean that SOME MEN, SOME WOMEN, regardless of race religion or creed are just HORRIBLE people, yes. Major Husan is absolutely one of them, I hope you havent misunderstood I am not at all standing up for his actions, what he has done I don't even have words for. But for people to throw around accusations like "proper precautions" etc etc, you know not what you speak of. You can hear the crap your brother spews to you but until you have first hand LIVED a military life, you have no idea. Keep filling her myspace with your hatred that is fine. It's her choice to be friends with people as narrow minded as you. I thankfully have common sense enough to NOT have friends like you.

[Katie]

OMG SHE has made me so angry. I swear this chick is lucky that she is across the country other wise I would choke her till she understood...

[KristiMarie]

wow... just goes to show how stupid ppl can be.

If anyone listens to the news, they are more thinking that the shooting was related to mental stuff, NOT religion stuff... but its not fair to point fingers, Yes its hard, yes we all lost brothers and sisters in a sense, but its not fair to point fingers. We have NO clue what was going on in this mans life... I am not saying that to justify his actions at all, its a tragedy, but just because he is a islamic convert doesnt give us the right to start categorizing all muslims into the "radical" group

[Jessie.Rose]

We were just watching and I found out 4 alone from wisconsin were killed and 2 shot and injured. They are all from areas that I'm close to right now....its all so crazy how something like that affects everyone

[ReginaCherie]

katie people shouldnt mess you....your much smarter.

[Kira]

UGH Katie!! I would be livid as well. People are quick to judge and those are the people we call ignorant. I haven't been watching the news but late last night I was watching and they were saying multiple things. The media loves to spew whatever will get ratings so I really do not know what to believe at this point. The only thing that matters is that we show support for the ones who lost their lives.

[acoop104]

this is so sad! i know some a SO that is stationed at fort hood. but he was okay!

[BrooklynDB]

I just don't even know what to say about all of this...I can't wrap my head around why this happened. In our local newspaper, they did mention the religious thing and that he may have shouted something about Allah right before opening fire, but that hasn't been confirmed. It sounds like he was a really nice, caring man...but we don't know what his mental state was at the time...looks like a case of a counselor needing counseling. I am just praying for everyone who has been effected by this tragedy. I just can't believe any of this, and I REALLY hope that this doesn't cause more problems with other muslims in the military being harrassed or treated unfairly...
To everyone who knows people in Ft Hood and people whose families have been affected, my heart goes out to you!! I can'timagine how scary this must be. It scares me half to death and I don't know anyone there.

[Katie]

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-352124

[BrooklynDB]

Wow Katie, thanks for posting that...:tissue: I am still in complete shock about all of this...I just don't even know what to say. I'm just so mad that this happened...

[Katie]

Yeah. I know this is going to sound stupid. I know I wasn't there But I feel like... Almost tramatized. Not like need antidepressants tramatized, but that link I posted, while reading it I was BAWLING.. While reading it, I can see the on post housing, I have been inside of it, I can picture as if it were myself hiding looking out the curtain. Like I said Josh worked in the bldg RIGHT RIGHT there, held formation in a parking lot shared with the SRP/Reverse SRP bldg. It happened on a thurs, (family early release day on Hood)which means he would have been doing end of day formation at 1:15-1:30.... putting him in grave danger.... I know I should just stop with all the what if's in my head and just be super thankful we weren't there.... But I guess, It just really has me shaken up. Even if it didn't hit so close to home, It was someone Josh did his reverse SRP with.. Someone he sat down with....... evaluated his stress level while doing his reverse srp. Someone in a position of trust and authority.... Someone that was suppose to be one of us... And it just has me all torn up. I know I will be fine. It just has my heart so heavy. So sad... So angry. Very little affects me like this did... And I know it sounds so silly and even dramatic but I can't explain it... Like we live on a training post, their are guns going off NON stop, never bothered me, made me feel safe in a strange way (knowing they were training) but now, it makes me cringe and almost jump.... I know, I am being stupid, but I can't help it.

[BrooklynDB]

You're not being stupid at all. I have never been there, and I was still bawling reading that. I can't even begin to imagine how scary that had to be. If it were my family...I don't even know. All I could picture was putting my daughter down for a nap and getting a call like that from John, and then being scared to death someone would come into the house and being worried about him at the same time....it's just not right. It's been weighing on me too, hun. I'm sure it's been weighing on you more having been there and knowing people there...your husband really had sessions with him??!! That would urk me too!! I just hope SOME good comes from this.