Army Commander Suspended Over Missing Photos of Trump Administration Officials at Fort McCoy​

Col. Shey­la Baez Ramirez, the gar­ri­son com­man­der of Fort McCoy in Wis­con­sin, has been sus­pend­ed fol­low­ing the absence of offi­cial pho­tographs of Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, Vice Pres­i­dent JD Vance, and Defense Sec­re­tary Pete Hegseth on the base’s chain-of-com­mand dis­play. Fox News​

The U.S. Army Reserve Com­mand stat­ed that the sus­pen­sion is “not relat­ed to any mis­con­duct” and that the mat­ter is cur­rent­ly under review. Col. Baez Ramirez, who assumed com­mand in July 2024, was the first female gar­ri­son com­man­der in the base’s his­to­ry. ​

The issue came to light after images cir­cu­lat­ed on social media show­ing the chain-of-com­mand board with emp­ty frames where the pho­tos of Trump, Vance, and Hegseth would typ­i­cal­ly be dis­played. ​

The Depart­ment of Defense has ini­ti­at­ed an inves­ti­ga­tion into the mat­ter. Col. Baez Ramirez has not pub­licly com­ment­ed on her sus­pen­sion.​

This inci­dent adds to a series of recent con­tro­ver­sies involv­ing the mil­i­tary and the cur­rent admin­is­tra­tion. Notably, for­mer Chair­man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Mil­ley’s por­trait was removed from the Pen­ta­gon short­ly after Trump’s inau­gu­ra­tion in Jan­u­ary 2025. Wikipedia​

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