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last summer the secretary of the army ordered an independent review of the command climate at fort hood the findings and recommendations of that review paint a picture of systematic failures of leadership i fully support the actions directed by the secretary and chief of staff to address these failures some of those actions include changes to policy but make no mistake policy did not create the culture at fort hood policy did not lead to the deaths of private morales specialist stella cruz p.s.c rosacrans or specialist gehan policy means nothing without leaders who enforce it we fought to ensure our ncos had the authority they needed to take action no other army in the world entrusts non-commissioned officers to lead their forces the way we do leaders from team leader to command sergeant major bear the responsibility to care for and protect our soldiers and families throughout the course of this review it was clear leaders at multiple echelons failed to take actions that uphold our val